Another magical moment for a Canadian at the US Open could be in the making.
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Andrey Rublev 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to cruise into the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday in Queens, N.Y.
It marks the second-farthest run of Auger-Aliassime’s US Open career, behind only his 2021 semifinal appearance when he lost to Daniil Medvedev in straight sets.
The 25th-seeded Canadian will next face eighth-seeded Australian Alex De Minaur, who beat Swiss wild card Leandro Riedi 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 on Monday.
Auger-Aliassime, the 25-year-old from Montreal, had not advanced past the second round of a major this year prior to this run at Flushing Meadows.
But he seems to have found his groove after upsetting No. 3 Alexander Zverev in the third round and now sweeping the 15th-seeded Rublev.
Auger-Aliassime fell behind a break early in the first set against the Russian, but quickly got back on serve before breaking Rublev again in the 15th game of the set to avoid a tiebreaker.
He was in full control the rest of the way.
A pair of Canadian women have enjoyed breakthroughs at the US Open in recent years, with Bianca Andreescu beating Serena Williams in the 2019 final and Leylah Fernandez reaching the championship match two years later.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand partner Erin Routliffe won the 2023 women’s doubles title.
Later Monday, the duo will face Spain’s Cristina Bucsa and American Nicole Melichar-Martinez in the Round of 16, while Fernandez and teammate Venus Williams take on Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova and China’s Zhang Shuai.
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