The match ended with the score 6: 4, 6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 5 in favor of Rublev. The meeting lasted three hours and 58 minutes.
In the next round of the tournament Rublev will meet with the winner of the confrontation between American Bjorn Fratangelo and Frenchman Gilles Simon.
It was previously reported that Blinkova lost to Osaka in the first round of the US Open.