Athletistic/Tennis. The third round match of the US Open took place at Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the second racket of the world, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, met with Australian Alexei Popyrin, ranked 28th in the ranking. In a tense fight, Popyrin won in four sets with a score of 6:4, 6:4, 2:6, 6:4.
The match lasted 3 hours 18 minutes. During this time, Popyrin hit 14 aces, committed six double faults and converted 5 out of 12 break points. Djokovic responded with 16 serves, but committed 14 double faults and converted 4 out of 16 break points.
In the 1/8 finals, Popyrin will meet the American Francis Tiafoe, ranked 20th in the ranking.
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Source: Sport
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