American Frances Tiafoe is making another deep run in New York – and needed to give a shout out to a certain member in the crowd before leaving Arthur Ashe Stadium.
American Frances Tiafoe, who reached the US Open semifinals two years ago, is making another deep run in New York – and needed to shout out a certain member of the crowd before leaving the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Tiafoe, who had the fans loudly behind him Sunday night, went on to defeat his friend, No. 28 Alexei Popyrin of Australia – 6-4, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 – in just over three hours to advance to the quarterfinals for the third consecutive year.
“Obviously beating Novak is a huge win at any point, any time, no matter where, when,” Tiafoe said to reporters of Popryin. “I kind of feel like Alexei had the level. He showed it tonight. It was a really, really high level. So I had to come up with great stuff.” Popyrin told reporters he thought Tiafoe “was the better player no matter how close it was” and that the American “stepped up on the bigger points.” “He’s playing some scary tennis,” the 25-year-old Popyrin said.
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