Australian Alexei Popyrin has crashed out of the US Open, unable to back up his momentous win over Novak Djokovic in a fourth-round loss to Frances Tiafoe.
Australian falls to friend and hitting partner 6-4, 7-6 , 2-6, 6-3Alexei Popyrin crashed back to earth and out of the US Open with a deflating fourth-round loss to American showman Frances Tiafoe. Australia’s shooting star was unable to back up his third-round win over the great Novak Djokovic, succumbing 6-4, 7-6 , 2-6, 6-3 to his friend and foe Tiafoe on Sunday night in New York.
Tiafoe closed out the set to love before even worse was to come for Popyrin in the second. Once again he was largely untroubled on serve and, after breaking Tiafoe for the first time in the fourth game, Popyrin had the set on his racket at 5-3, 40-0. But he squandered all three set points and must have been cursing himself after being broken to invite Tiafoe back into the set.
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