Alert- Defending champion Djokovic ousted by Popyrin at US Open

Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 28 seed, edged out Serb Novak Djokovic, the second seed, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Friday.

This is notably Popyrin’s first win against Djokovic, who held a 3-0 lead in the head-to-head before the match.

Popyrin, ranked No 28, will play No 20 seed Frances Tiafoe next.

The Australian defeated SoonWoo Kwon (7-5, 6-2, 6-3) and Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero (6-2, 6-4, 6-0) ahead of his victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Djokovic, the defending champion, won against qualifier Radu Albot (6-2, 6-2, 6-4) and Laslo Djere (6-4, 6-4, 2-0 ret.).

New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Flavio Cobolli vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Alex De Minaur vs. Daniel Evans
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jordan Thompson
• Nuno Borges vs. Jakub Mensik
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Tommy Paul
• Jannik Sinner vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Jack Draper
• David Goffin vs. Tomas Machac
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alexander Zverev
• Brandon Nakashima beat Lorenzo Musetti (18): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Casper Ruud (8) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-7 (1), 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Francisco Comesana: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe beat Ben Shelton (13): 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3

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