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When the draw came out, you could certainly point to a potential third-round matchup between Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe.

They made it happen, and it was a rematch of their quarterfinal in New York a year ago. And it was better than that one.

Meanwhile Novak Djokovic, whose serve hasn’t been tip-top so far this week, got a potentially good test against Montreal champion Alexei Popyrin.

Well, it was more than a test. The serve was still ragged. And Djokovic is out.

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US Open
Location: Flushing Meadows, NY
Category: Grand Slam 
Surface: Hard Court
Prize Money: $75,000,000
Dates: Aug.  26 – Sept. 8, 2024
Draws: S128 – D64 – X32

Friday, Aug. 30, 2024
Final results
Men’s singles, third round

0-2 comebacks

[8] Casper Ruud (NOR) def Juncheng Shang (CHN) 67 (1) 36 60 63 61

Upsets

[28] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) 64 64 26 64

[20] Frances Tiafoe (USA) def [13] Ben Shelton (USA) 46 75  67 (7) 64 63

Brandon Nakashima (USA) def [18] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 62 36 63 76 (4)

Seeds advancing

[4] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. Tomas Etcheverry (ARG) 57 75 61 63

[6] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def [32] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) 63 75 64

[9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 63 63 61

[12] Taylor Fritz (USA) def Francisco Comesana (ARG) 63 64 62

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