‘Means so much’: Popyrin stuns Fritz to equal best grand slam result

“This win means so much to me,” an emotional Alexei Popyrin said. “I had the toughest year last year and didn’t win many matches ... I love this feeling and want more of this feeling.”

The world No.113 hammered 74 winners and dominated with his huge first serve but needed five sets to outlast the American eighth seed, 6-7 , 7-6 6-4, 6-7 , 6-2.

“This win means so much to me,” an emotional Popyrin said. “I had the toughest year last year and didn’t win many matches. I’ve won [almost] as many matches this year [four] as I did the whole of last year – and it’s only January. 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 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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