The Russian world number 70 was at his best to defeat the Swiss star at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Masters 1000 event.

Rublev won 6-4, 6-3 in just less than an hour to set up a last eight meeting with compatriot Daniil Medvedev at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

Medvedev, who lost the final of last week's Rogers Cup to Rafael Nadal of Spain, continued his warm-up for the US Open with a 6-2, 6-1 win against German Jan-Lennard Struff.

Top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia cruised into the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta.

Frenchman Lucas Pouille awaits after he won 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 against Karen Khachanov of Russia.

Simona Halep of Romania was the day's biggest casualty in the women's last 16 in Cincinnati as the fourth seed lost 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 to American Madison Keys.

Eighth seed Sloane Stephens of the United States was also beaten at the Women's Tennis Association Premier 5 event as she went down 6-1, 6-2 to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Japan's Naomi Osaka needed three sets to see off Chinese Taipei's Su-Wei Hsieh 7-6, 5-7, 6-2, while top seed Ashleigh Barty from Australia had to dig deep to defeat Estonia's Anett Kontaveit 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Australia's Nick Kyrgios was handed a $113,000 (£93,000/€102,000) fine by the ATP after smashing two rackets and swearing at umpire Fergus Murphy in his 7-6, 6-7, 2-6 loss to Russian Khachanov yesterday.