After the surprising elimination of Pablo Carreño, After the Spaniard wasted four match points, the bombings continue to fall in the men’s draw at the US Open. This Wednesday it was the turn of Grigor dimitrov (18º), qwho unexpectedly stumbled before Alexei Popyrin (73º). The Australian took revenge on the only precedent between the two, who won the Bulgarian this season in the Melbourne tournament, by winning by a score of 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) and 4-0 after two hours and 21 minutes, at which point Dimitrov ended up withdrawing.
Popyrin, an intermittent but dangerous punch if the day is inspired, gave Dimitrov little pace and hit direct aces (up to 12) in decisive moments. For his part, the Bulgarian dug his own grave with a huge amount of unforced errors (41) difficult to rectify. In the third round, Popyrin will face the winner of the duel between Giron and Evans.
Results, table and schedules.