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Alexei Popyrin out of Australian Open after another five-set marathon
Alexei Popyrin is out of the Australian Open after another gruelling five-set match, this time ending in defeat to South African Lloyd Harris.
Australian wildcard Popyrin was coming off an almost four-hour upset of 13th seed David Goffin when he ran into world number 91 Harris on Thursday afternoon, losing 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3.
The pair went set for set throughout the match, but Popyrin’s almost seven hours on court through the first two rounds started to show with some fatigue late in the decider.
He fought through six deuces at 2-3 in the fifth set, but Harris…
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