Seventh-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas is the newest shock casualty on the US Open,falling within the second spherical to Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker 7-5 6-7 (2-7) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3.
Ending the four-hour match with a forehand winner that simply caught the baseline, the 128th-ranked Stricker raised his arms and flopped on his again to have fun his first-ever victory over a top-10 participant in solely his third grand slam look.
“I’m just super happy right now,” stated Stricker, who took out Australian Alexei Popyrin in spherical one.
“I came out and felt good from the first set on. … I just kept playing high-level tennis.”
Tsitsipas, a grand slam finalist on the Australian and French opens, nonetheless has by no means superior past the third spherical at Flushing Meadows.
The Greek is the second-highest seed to go down after No.4 Holger Rune of Denmark misplaced to 63rd-ranked Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
