Brilliant Fritz upsets Ruud to return to US Open quarter-finals

American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, won against Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the US Open in New York on Sunday evening.

Fritz put on a serving masterclass against Ruud, rocketing down an impressive 24 aces and winning 84 percent of first serve points across the course of the two-hour, 43-minute match. He also played brilliantly off the ground, out-hitting Ruud 56 winners to 32 as the American returns to the US Open quarter-finals for the second year in a row.

Fritz, ranked No 12, will play German Alexander Zverev, the No 4 seed, next.

The American defeated Argentinian Camilo Ugo Carabelli (7-5, 6-1, 6-2), Italian Matteo Berrettini (6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-1) and Argentinian Francisco Comesana (6-3, 6-4, 6-2) ahead of his victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Ruud, ranked No 8, beat Chinese qualifier Yunchaokete Bu (7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2), Frenchman Gael Monfils (6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (3)) and Chinese Juncheng Shang (6-7 (1), 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1).

New York (Grand Slam), other round of 16 results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-3, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 3-6, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner vs. Tommy Paul
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jordan Thompson
• Nuno Borges vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jack Draper vs. Tomas Machac
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Alexander Zverev