Djokovic out of US Open in shock defeat by Popyrin

Frances Tiafoe avenged his conclusion by Ben Shelton astatine past year's US Open by beating nan 13th seed successful an all-American five-set thriller to scope nan 4th round.

The pair, who are bully friends, faced each different successful nan quarter-finals successful New York past twelvemonth pinch Shelton emerging arsenic nan victor.

But it was nan lower-ranked Tiafoe who won connected Friday, coming from down doubly to triumph 4-6 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3 aft much than 4 entertaining hours connected Arthur Ashe Stadium.

"Ben is an unthinkable player, he really is. He goes for each kinds of shots, he's sewage nary attraction successful nan world. It's really annoying," 20th seed Tiafoe said.

Tiafoe's reward is simply a imaginable gathering pinch defending champion Novak Djokovic, who will proceed his bid for a grounds 25th Grand Slam singles title erstwhile he faces Australia's Alexei Popyrin successful nan nighttime convention connected Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Earlier, Russian Andrey Rublev was nan first men's singles subordinate to make it into nan 4th information pinch an assured triumph complete Czech Jiri Lehecka.

The sixth seed had to conflict backmost from 2 sets down against Arthur Rinderknech successful nan past information but he made lighter activity of Lehecka, winning 6-3 7-5 6-4 successful conscionable complete 2 hours.

Rublev, a 10-time Grand Slam quarter-finalist who has yet to triumph a major, will look Grigor Dimitrov aft nan Bulgarian ninth seed claimed a ascendant 6-3 6-3 6-1 triumph complete Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor.

Meanwhile, American 12th seed Taylor Fritz continued his cleanable tally successful New York pinch a 6-3 6-4 6-2 triumph against Argentina's Francisco Comesana.

Fritz, who has yet to driblet a set, will look Norway's Casper Ruud, a finalist successful 2022, aliases Shang Juncheng of China successful nan 4th round.