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Daniil Medvedev is Russia's number one and the winner of the 2021 US Open. Francis Tiafoe is the 11th racket of the tournament.
The first racket of Russia, Daniil Medvedev, failed to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open tennis championship, which takes place on the hard courts of New York.
In the fourth round meeting, seventh-seeded Medvedev, who won the US Open in 2021, lost to American Francis Tiafoe, the 11th seed, with a score of 6:7 (1:7), 4:6, 6:7 (6:8). The duration of the match was 2 hours 55 minutes.
Frances Tiafoe will play Alex Mickelsen in the quarterfinals.

Spanish racing driver Pablo Amoros died in a crash during the GTI Trophy race at the Monteblanco circuit in Huelva, Spain. The Royal Spanish Federation of Motor Sports (RFEDA) announced this on the social network X, expressing condolences to the racer’s relatives. Details of the incident have not been specified.

Fabio Grosso, the 2006 World Cup champion with Italy, has been sacked as Fiorentina head coach after three consecutive defeats in the opening matches of the Serie A season with a total score of 1:9. He was appointed in June, succeeding Paolo Vanoli, and signed a contract until 30 June 2028.

Figure skater Gleb Smolkin, competing for Georgia in a pair with Diana Davis, stated that the return of Russians to international tournaments will add momentum and fresh air to the competition, noting that they never ran from it. Smolkin and Davis won the Kinoshita Group Cup challenger event in Japan, where Russians Vasilisa Kaganovskaya and Maxim Nekrasov took silver.

Fans of Red Star Belgrade displayed a banner in Russian during the match against Partizan, criticizing the transfer of Albanian striker Mirlind Daku to Moscow Spartak and calling it a disgrace for the club, while chanting a slogan about the brotherhood of Russians and Serbs.

Czech tennis player Linda Noskova beat Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the fourth round of the US Open with a score of 7:5, 5:7, 6:4, reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time in her career. Noskova's next opponent will be world number one Arina Sabalenka from Belarus.

The Moscow football club "Lokomotiv" beat the Kaliningrad "Baltika" in the match of the seventh round of the RPL with a score of 1:0. The only goal was scored in the 85th minute by Andrei Mostovoy, who joined the club on loan from Zenit. The victory was the first for Lokomotiv in the current season of the Russian Championship.