Cameron Norrie beaten in straight sets by Andrey Rublev in fourth round of US Open after below-par display

Cameron Norrie was beaten in straight sets by Andrey Rublev in the fourth round of the US Open after producing an error-strewn display.

The British No. 1 looked off his game – finishing with 35 unforced errors – and ninth seed Rublev took advantage to win 6-4 6-4 6-4 in a match that was interrupted midway through for the roof on Louis Armstrong Stadium to close due to rain.

The server reigned supreme throughout the opening nine games of a tight first set as Norrie gently grew into the action, he enjoyed a strong second service start as Rublev continued to push the Brit with some troubling forehands.

Rublev eventually broke Norrie to take a 4-5 lead when the British No. 1’s backhand broke down following three unforced errors, playing the game into the Russian’s hands to serve for the set.

It wasn’t clean but Rublev took his chance to take the lead after a double fault at 15-30 gave Norrie a glimmer of hope, but the 24-year-old was clinical as he lashed down a service winner.

Rublev managed to break Norrie early in the second set as the latter was continuously troubled with a poor blackhand, allowing Rublev to take control of the match.

After a short rain delay, the action continued and so did the form of the pair as Rublev took a two-set advantage.

Momentum shifted in the third set as Norrie looked as though he was on his way to closing the gap and taking the match to a fourth set, but Rublev was better in every department, and turned the game around with a late break to serve for the match and book his place in the quarter-final.

Rublev, who is into the quarter-finals in New York for the third time, will next face either second seed Rafael Nadal or 22nd seed Frances Tiafoe.

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