NEW YORK - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime cruised into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 win over 15th-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia on Monday.

It's the furthest Auger-Aliassime, the 25th seed, has made it in a Grand Slam event since he made the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open. His best outing at a Grand Slam was a semifinal appearance at the 2021 U.S. Open.

The Montreal native, who upset third-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany on Saturday, will next face No. 8 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia for a chance at the semifinals.

Auger-Aliassime fired 13 aces to just four double faults in the two-hour, 16-minute match. He also broke on four his seven chances and had 42 winners to Rublev's 22.

The opening set was a back-and-forth affair that saw the two play

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