Aussie tennis star Alexei Popyrin sinks Novak Djokovic in US Open stunner

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Aussie tennis star Alexei Popyrin sinks Novak Djokovic in US Open stunner
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Australia’s rising tennis star Alexei Popyrin has scored the biggest win of his career, stunning Novak Djokovic at the US Open. Under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night, Popyrin won the first two sets of the match ... but the 25-year-old then had to withstand a fightback from the champion Serb, who won the third set 6-2.

It is the first time since 2006 that Djokovic has not made it to the fourth round of the tournament . Fittingly, Hewitt was in Popyrin’s courtside box to watch the former French Open junior champion’s stunning boilover. It is also the first time since the 2017 Australian Open that Djokovic has lost in the first week of a grand slam. “He is playing the tennis of his life,” the commentators said of Popyrin during the fourth set. After sending the ageing world No.

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