READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Out of order' Robinson confronts rival captain after loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Aussie amputee beats disqualification farce to win medal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Popyrin \ufeffshowed plenty of fight against Tiafoe as he continues to cement himself as a force to be reckoned with on the men's tour.<\/p>\n According to Jelena Dokic, who broke the match down on the Nine broadcast, the rising Aussie star \ufeffcan take plenty of positives out of his loss on Monday (AEST).<\/p>\n "Popyrin had a few of those chances, he will go back and look at them and know what he should have done differently," she said.<\/p>\n "Alexei got up 5-3 in the second set and served at 40-0 \u2026 you can't give up chances like that against a player as good as Tiafoe.<\/p>\n \ufeffWatch the 2024 US Open tennis for free on<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Every match will be ad-free, live and on demand with Centre Court in 4K UHD on<\/strong><\/em> Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n "But how he recovered Poyrin, to come out and win that third set, I think this is a big sign of his mental strength. Players are watching and the locker room will know he won't give up and he came back and played spectacular tennis.\u00a0<\/p>\n "He will be a little bit disappointed, as he should be, but I think that's part of being a great athlete. You have to give so much credit to this man right here [Tiafoe].<\/p>\n "He played unbelievable tennis.\u00a0Tiafoe found something special and unforced errors were nowhere to be seen. He was aggressive inside the baseline \u2026 we know he's got the flair but that can go up and down in consistency, but not today."<\/p>\n Tiafoe will now move into a quarter-final clash with ninth seed Grigor Dimitrov. \ufeff<\/p>\n The likes of Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, \ufeffAlex de Minaur and Daniil Medvedev are also still in the mix in the men's draw.<\/p>\n No.10 seed de Minaur meets countryman Jordan Thompson in a fourth round clash on Tuesday (AEST), meaning there is guaranteed to be one Australian still in the draw in the quarter finals.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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