PARIS, May 29. /TASS/. Russia’s Andrey Rublev defeated Portugal’s Nuno Borges in a third-round match at the French Open (Roland Garros) in Paris.
The match ended 7-5, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-2) in favor of Rublev, the tournament’s 11th seed. Borges was unseeded. In the fourth round, the Russian will face the winner of the match between Australia’s Alex de Minaur (8) and the Czech Republic’s Jakub Mensik (26).
Later on Friday, Russia’s Karen Khachanov (13) will play his third-round match against the Netherlands’ Jesper de Jong, who is unseeded.
Rublev, 28, is ranked 13th in the ATP rankings. He has won 17 ATP singles titles during his career. At Grand Slam tournaments, he has never advanced beyond the quarterfinals. In 2021, Rublev and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won Olympic gold in mixed doubles, while he also claimed the Davis Cup and ATP Cup titles as part of the Russian team.
Borges, 29, is ranked 51st in the world. The Portuguese player has won one ATP singles title. His best Grand Slam results came in 2024, when he reached the fourth round of both the Australian Open and the US Open.
