On Friday, it was Ben Shelton.
A day later, Alexander Zverev departed.
All of the sudden, the highest seeds are exiting the boys's draw of the US Open in a rush.
After taking the primary set, the third-seeded Zverev was no match for Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime, who's into the fourth spherical of the US Open for the primary time since 2021 along with his first win over a top-five participant in a Grand Slam in seven tries.
It was additionally his first top-three win in three years.
He superior with a convincing 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-4 victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
The twenty fifth seed wasn't having a very sturdy Grand Slam season, failing to get previous the second spherical of the primary three majors.
However he has carried out properly in Queens up to now, getting by means of his first two matches with out dropping a set.
And he was at his greatest in opposition to Zverev, who had reached the quarterfinals right here the 2 earlier years and acquired all the way in which to the ultimate in 2020.
“This feels good, this feels good,” he mentioned in his on-court interview.
Requested if he can use this victory as a confidence enhance, he replied: “I feel I'd be a idiot to not. I'm going to recuperate as fast as I can.”
Auger-Aliassime saved a set level within the second set, then took command within the third with an early break.
Within the fourth, he broke Zverev at three-all, resulting in “Let's go Felix” chants from the group.
He held serve at 15 to finish the upset, and his largest victory in fairly a while.
Over the ultimate three units, Auger-Aliassime's serve was dominant.
He confronted simply three break factors, and fought off all of them.
He backed that up with a blistering forehand, contributing to a whopping 50 winners within the three-hour and 48-minute match.
Zverev grew annoyed because the match went on, throwing his racket at one level within the third set.
After a first-round loss at Wimbledon, he hoped for an prolonged keep in Queens, however that didn't occur.
