{"id":288945,"date":"2023-09-07T05:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T05:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288945"},"modified":"2023-09-07T05:34:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T05:34:05","slug":"daniil-medvedev-hands-andrey-rublev-more-quarter-final-heartache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/daniil-medvedev-hands-andrey-rublev-more-quarter-final-heartache\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev hands Andrey Rublev more quarter-final heartache"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daniil Medvedev won the all-Russian clash at the US Open to deal his friend Andrey Rublev more quarter-final misery.<\/p>\n
Third seed Medvedev, the 2021 champion at Flushing Meadows, lost the opening three games of the match as Rublev flew out of the blocks.<\/p>\n
The world number eight, who is godfather to Medvedev\u2019s daughter, won the first eight points and 14 out of the first 15.<\/p>\n
But Medvedev quickly grew into the match, winning the first two sets amid some punishing rallies in stifling heat inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n
Rublev led by a break in the third but was pegged back again, and in a 15-minute final game, Medvedev converted match point at the fifth attempt to wrap up a 6-4 6-3 6-4 victory.<\/p>\n
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Luckless Rublev has now made the quarter-final stage in nine grand slams, and he has lost all of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was brutal,\u201d said Medvedev. \u201cThe only good thing is in these conditions both suffer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know he never gives up, but he knows I never give up too.\u201d<\/p>\n