Alexei Popyrin's US Open run comes to an end with deflating loss to Frances Tiafoe

Australian falls to friend and hitting partner 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-3 American Tiafoe to face Grigor Dimitrov in quarter-finals Alexei Popyrin crashed back to earth and out of the US Open with a deflating fourth-round loss to American showman Frances Tiafoe. Australia's shooting star was unable to back up his third-round win over the great Novak Djokovic, succumbing 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-3 to his friend and foe Tiafoe on Sunday night in New York. Leaving Alex de Minaur and Jordan Thompson to ...