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Dominic Stricker came through three rounds of qualifying to make the main draw at the US Open| Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 August-10 September |
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Seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a shock defeat by qualifier Dominic Stricker in the second round of the US Open.
World number 128 Stricker came out on top of a four-hour epic 7-5 6-7(2-7) 6-7(5-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3.
Tsitsipas of Greece was serving for the match in the fourth set but his Swiss opponent fought back to force a third tie-break.
Stricker then won the deciding set to progress to round three.
More to follow.
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