Andrey Rublev downs Lehecka in the 3rd round to collide vs Dimitrov. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Andrey Rublev gets the better of Jiri Lehecka 6-3 7-5 6-4 in the 3^rd round in New York on Friday. Rublev will have to play Grigor Dimitrov in the 4^th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2017, 2020, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Rublev added to his prize money $ 110,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Jiri Lehecka U.S. Open – New York

Rublev’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Rublev scored 109 points vs. Lehecka’s 87.

Rublev

Andrey served exceptionally well to win 89% of the points (48/54) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 41% points (14/34) on his second serve. Andrey struck 13 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Rublev won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.

Lehecka

On the other side, the Czech wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Rublev and Lehecka is 3-2 for Andrey.

Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Rublev will fight against Dimitrov in the 4^th round.

This will be the 8^th time that Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Rublev clinched in the 8^th game (5-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Rublev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8^th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. The Russian won 15 more points than Lehecka (31-16). Andrey was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). Regarding the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).

Rublev won the set after he broke Lehecka in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Lehecka tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Russian kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.

Rublev converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5^th

(2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Czech converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6^th game (2-3 30-40).

They played 76 points. Rublev won 4 points more than Jiri (40-36). Rublev lost 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, Lehecka conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).

Rublev didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 1^st

game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Rublev to win the set since Lehecka managed to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Andrey maintained his focus to break the Czech in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Andrey converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5^th (3-1 30-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jiri converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5^th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 72 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Czech (38-34). The Russian lost 10 points on serve (18-10). On the losing side, Lehecka conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (5-7 7-5 6-1 6-3)
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Ben SheltonShelton (4-6 7-5 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-3)
• Taylor FritzFritz – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-3 6-4 6-2)
• Andrey RublevRublev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 7-5 6-4)
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 3-6 6-3 7-6⁴)
• Casper RuudRuud – Juncheng ShangShang (6-7¹ 3-6 6-0 6-3 6-1)
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4)
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-3 6-1)

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