{"id":289663,"date":"2023-09-04T03:34:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T03:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=289663"},"modified":"2023-09-04T03:34:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T03:34:30","slug":"red-hot-frances-tiafoe-cruises-into-us-open-fourth-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/tennis\/red-hot-frances-tiafoe-cruises-into-us-open-fourth-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-hot Frances Tiafoe cruises into US Open fourth round"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>US Open: Frances Tiafoe cruises into fourth round, ending the run of wildcard Rinky Hijikata to set up all-American clash with Ben Shelton<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Frances\u00a0<\/b><strong>Tiafoe dominated the match before securing a 6-4 6-1 6-4 victory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The American\u00a0charged to within a victory of another US Open last-four showing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australian born Rinky Hijikata&#8217;s breakout US Open run has come to an abrupt end with a straight-sets fourth-round beating at the hands of No. 10 Frances Tiafoe.<\/p>\n<p>One of last year&#8217;s semi-finalists, Tiafoe charged to within a victory of another last-four showing in New York with an impressive 6-4 6-1 6-4 victory over the Australian wildcard.<\/p>\n<p>The speed of Hijikata&#8217;s serve was noticeably down from his previous three rounds and gave Tiafoe little-to-no trouble picking it off and breaking the 22-year-old six times during the two-hour encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Utterly dominant, the American conceded only 13 points on his own serve in setting up a quarter-final with unseeded countryman Ben Shelton, who had earlier beaten Tommy Paul in four sets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It means a lot,&#8217; Tiafoe said.\u00a0&#8216;He&#8217;s been quietly going through the draw and I&#8217;ve never played him before so I was definitely feeling him out in the beginning.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/02\/75020905-12476767-The_American_Tiafoe_won_the_match_6_4_6_1_6_4_to_end_the_Austral-a-31_1693790292253.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>American hope Frances Tiafoe won the third-round match\u00a06-4, 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/23\/75020907-0-image-a-18_1693780213669.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Rinky Hijikata&#8217;s breakout run at the US Open was ended by No. 10 Tiafoe\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/02\/75024747-12476767-image-a-32_1693790639038.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One of last year&#8217;s semi-finalists, Tiafoe charged to within a victory of another last-four showing<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I broke there in the first (set), I really took off there for a while. At the end I got a bit sloppy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I&#8217;m just happy to get through and into a quarter-final at the Open.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hijikata&#8217;s foray to the last 16 at a grand slam for the first time earned the Sydneysider $284,000 and a rankings boost from No.110 in the world to a career-high 81st.<\/p>\n<p>That puts Hijikata in line for a direct entry to the Australian Open in January and gives Australia nine men in the top 100 even without the injured Nick Kyrgios.<\/p>\n<p>Only powerhouses the USA (11) and France (11) have more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s been pretty cool to see how all the other Aussie guys and girls have been supporting me and each other,&#8217; Hijikata said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve got a really good group of guys at the moment. 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