Aussie Rinky Hijikata’s fairytale run on the US Open is over after he was completely crushed by flashy American Frances Tiafoe on Monday morning. .
The unheralded Aussie was blasted off the courtroom in lower than two hours.
There was loads of drama within the earlier matches on an enormous day for the United States.
8am – Aussie’s run involves a brutal finish
America can have a male participant within the semi-finals on the US Open after Frances Tiafoe joined Ben Shelton within the quarter-finals with a thumping win over Aussie Rinky Hijikata.
Hijikata was up towards it proper from the beginning with the rowdy New York crowd cheering towards him proper from the beginning as he tried to spoil the host nation’s huge day.
As an underdog in all his earlier matches, Hijikata had been warmly obtained by the locals, however that every one modified when he got here up towards the American cult hero.
Tiafoe was hardly ever challenged and raced by the match 6-1 6-1 6-4 in lower than two hours.
Hijikata seemed to be struggling on his serve within the second set with some tennis commentators suggesting he had suffered a minor facet pressure harm that was stopping him from reaching his prime serving speeds.
His run in New York remains to be his finest end in a grand slam and he’ll debut within the prime 100 within the ATP Tour rankings for the primary time when the rankings are up to date subsequent week.
7.30am – Coco Gauff snaps at TV commentator
American teen star Coco Gauff has slapped down her coach and courtside TV commentator Brad Gilbert in the course of her tense fourth spherical win over Caroline Wozniacki.
Gauff got here again from a break of serve down within the deciding set earlier than rattling off the ultimate six video games of the match to win 6-3 3-6 6-1.
When she was on the point of collapse it was her coach that was on the receiving finish of her frustrations.
It has been a really tough day for the American TV determine, who was additionally given a whack for his recommendation given to American Tommy Paul in the course of his defeat earlier on Monday morning.
Gauff was heard telling Gilbert the place he may shove his recommendation after she went down a break of serve within the second set towards the comeback queen.
“Please just stop,” Gauff was heard telling Gilbert late within the second set.
His recommendation was additionally ignored early within the third set when Wozniacki grabbed a break of serve within the first recreation of the set.
The win means Gauff is the primary American teenager to achieve back-to-back US Open quarterfinals since Serena Williams (1999-2001)
She will play the winner of world No. 1 Iga Swiatek’s match with Jelena Ostapenko.
Gauff was requested in regards to the apparent stress between her and people sitting in her gamers’ field throughout her on-court interview.
“Sometimes I tell [my coaches] to chill a little bit because I like to figure things out for myself,” she stated.
“Sometimes it’s a stress reaction.”
6.30am – Courtside TV commentator offers star dangerous recommendation
Unseeded American Ben Shelton took down 14th-seeded compatriot Tommy Paul in 4 units on Monday morning attain his second Grand Slam quarter-final of the 12 months.
The 20-year-old Shelton avenged his loss to Paul within the final eight of the Australian Open, profitable 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to turn out to be the youngest American to achieve the boys’s quarter-finals in New York since Andy Roddick in 2002.
“Being at home here in front of an American crowd, I felt the love all week,” stated Shelton. “It’s hard to believe that I’m playing on Arthur Ashe right now with the stands completely full.”
The world quantity 47 performs the winner between tenth seed Frances Tiafoe and Australian wild card Rinky Hijikata for a spot within the semi-finals.
Shelton arrived at his second US Open with a tour-level document of 12-20 this season, having did not win a number of matches at any of the 18 occasions he had performed since Melbourne.
Nine of his 16 victories in 2023 have now come at Grand Slams. Shelton reached the second spherical at Wimbledon after dropping his opening match on the French Open.
He belted two serves clocked at 149 mph (240 km/h) — the quickest of the match — to open up a 4-1 lead within the third set towards Paul however then misplaced 5 video games on the spin.
Paul was so bamboozled by the Shelton serve that Shelton was capable of make some light-hearted jokes in the course of the match. He stated Brad Gilbert, who coaches Paul and in addition works as a courtside TV commentator, was giving Paul dangerous recommendation.
5.30am – Veteran’s 14-year watch for quarter-final look
Veteran Romanian Sorana Cirstea reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the primary time in 14 years on Sunday, defeating Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic in straight units to advance to the final eight on the US Open.
Cirstea, 33, who final performed within the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam on the French Open in 2009, prevailed 6-3, 6-3 to ease previous her Fifteenth-seeded opponent.
It is just the second time in 59 appearances in the primary draw of a Slam occasion that thirtieth seed Cirstea has made it into the quarter-finals.
The Romanian, who upset fourth seed Elena Rybakina within the third spherical on Friday, will play Czech tenth seed Karolina Muchova within the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
US Open outcomes Day 7
Men’s fourth spherical –
Ben Shelton (USA) bt Tommy Paul (USA x14) 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Frances Tiafoe (USA x10) bt Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
Women’s fourth spherical –
Sorana Cirstea (ROU x30) bt Belinda Bencic (SUI x15) 6-3, 6-3
Karolina Muchova (CZE x10) bt Wang Xinyu (CHN) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Coco Gauff (USA x6) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
— with AFP
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