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Tennis: Popyrin stuns world No. 9 Fritz at Australian Open

Australia's Alexei Popyrin has stunned world No. 9, American Taylor Fritz, winning in five sets to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. Poprin had the chance to wrap up the match in the fourth set; despite being 3-5 down in the tiebreaker he fought back to get a look at one match point, but Fritz held his nerve to save that, take the set and force a decider. Popyrin will face another American, world No. 89 Ben Shelton for a place in the fourth round on Saturday.