US Open quarter finals live: Ons Jabeur beats Ajla Tomljanovic after Casper Ruud sinks Matteo Berrettini

Updated 06/09/2022 at 21:30 GMT

20.56

JABEUR 5-4 TOMLJANOVIC

Close call!

Ons earns herself a set point with a raking backhand up the line but then slices an inch wide to let Tomljanovic off the hook.

The Australian doubles down from there and Jabeur will have to serve for the set.

20.51

JABEUR 5-3 TOMLJANOVIC

When Jabeur gets into her groove in the rallies she’s dragging Ajla all over the place. The Tunisian continues to miss the first serve more than she’d like, but it doesn’t stop her from consolidating and she moves to within a game of taking the first set.

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BREAK! – JABEUR 4-3 TOMLJANOVIC

How’s your luck?

Ajla doesn’t see the funny side despite Ons’ sheepish grin after the Tunisian’s improvised flick of the wrist sees her lob her opponent. It secures another break for the No.5 seed after her initial, sloppy attempt at the pass had been block volleyed towards her feet.

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20.41

BREAK! – JABEUR 3-3 TOMLJANOVIC

And just like that, Tomljanovic levels.

The Aussie doesn’t have to do too much as her opponent fluffs her lines with a couple of double faults and two failures going for winners via the forehand.

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JABEUR 3-2 TOMLJANOVIC

Tomljanovic does well to put the brakes on the Ons express as the Tunisian threatens to runaway with it.

The Wimbledon finalist’s eyes light up when her opponent double faults for 0-30 but she then blows a forehand that would have clocked up triple break point.

Ajla seizes upon the reprieve and reels off four points on the spin to stay firmly in touch.

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JABEUR 3-1 TOMLJANOVIC

This is a super slick opening from the No.5 seed.

She’s got some real venom on that serve at the moment, a fact exemplified when she crashes down an ace and a service winner to consolidate with aplomb.

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BREAK! – JABEUR 2-1 TOMLJANOVIC

Ons makes the first move!

The Tunisian hits back from 30-0 down when the Aussie misses a make-able backhand, slapping away a volley to apply some heat.

Tomljanovic gets careless with the double fault and can’t defend the break point as she fails with a tight backhand.

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JABEUR 1-1 TOMLJANOVIC

Jabeur follows suit, dropping just the one point as she holds despite a lack of first serves.

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JABEUR 0-1 TOMLJANOVIC

This could be a fun watch. It’s usually the case when Ons Jabeur is involved and it’s going to be very interesting to see how she counteracts Tomljanovic’s laser-like hitting from the baseline, particularly if the world No.46 gets near the heights of when she downed Serena Williams.

The Aussie dominates her opening service game and chalks up a neat hold to 15.

21.15

HERE THEY ARE!

The players are on court and currently running through the obligatory pre-match routines.

21.13

MATCH REPORT: RUUD BOY CASPER STUNS BERRETTINI

Casper Ruud took a step closer to winning a maiden US Open title as he overcame an error-prone Matteo Berrettini.

Ruud admits No. 1 spot is ‘extra motivation’ as he crushes Berrettini to reach semi-finals

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JABEUR V TOMLJANOVIC H2H

This is their third meeting with Jabeur leading the match-up 2-0.

20.00

RUUD DELIGHTED WITH HIS FAST START

"That was a better start than I ever had before," Ruud said in his post-match interview on court.

"Everything was going my way, I hit all the spots I needed to.

"Matteo maybe didn't serve as well as he usually does. I got a little bit nervous at the end of the second set because things were almost going too well."

19.58

VIDEO: THAT WINNING FEELING!

19.55

NEXT UP ON COURT IN ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM…

We will switch out attention to the women’s draw shortly with the quarter-final clash between No.5 sees Ons Jabeur and Serena Williams’ conqueror Ajla Tomljanovic.

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GAME, SET AND MATCH! – RUUD 6-1 6-4 7-6 BERRETTINI

Casper Ruud clinches the tie-break 7-4 on his third match point and moves into a Grand Slam semi-final for the second time in his career.

The Norwegian was in scintillating form for almost two sets but needed to dig deep to survive his own lull and Matteo’s improvement to prevail in two hours and 35 minutes.

The No.5 seed keeps his hopes of leaving New York as the World No.1 alive and will now meet Nick Kyrgios or Karen Khachanov in the last four.

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TIE-BREAK LATEST – RUUD ON COURSE FOR VICTORY...

The Norwegian roars out of the traps, crunching his forehand with power and depth. It sees him sail into a 3-0 lead and Berrettini struggles to cope with it.

The Italian hooks a wayward backhand wide but then gets a lifeline when Ruud's forehand finally lets him down.

It's 4-2 to Casper at the change of ends.

19.41

RUUD 6-1 6-4 6-6 BERRETTINI

Ruud makes life difficult for himself when he fails with a surprise serve and volley at 30-15. Berrettini has a chance at making the forehand up the line in the next point but slaps it into the net. Ruud escapes from there and we will indeed have a tie break.

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RUUD 6-1 6-4 5-6 BERRETTINI

Matteo wastes little time in securing the minimum of a tie-break with a heavy-hitting love hold.

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