Alexei Popyrin has bundled Taylor Fritz out of the Australian Open for his second top-10 scalp this year to storm into the third round and equal his best grand slam result
Alexei Popyrin is so chock-full of confidence these days that he would walk onto Rod Laver Arena believing he could conquer even Novak Djokovic.
Popyrin also made the last 32 at Melbourne Park in 2019 and 2020, a feat he achieved twice at the US Open as well, but he has never gone further.“I had the toughest year last year and didn’t win many matches. The 2017 French Open junior champion said in Adelaide a fortnight ago, after defeating then-world No.6 Felix Auger-Aliassime, that he wanted those kinds of wins to become the norm.
Shelton, a 20-year-old left-hander ranked No.89 with a bullet, is Popyrin’s third-round opponent after he rolled Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry 7-6 , 7-6 , 7-5.
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