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Tsitsipas edges Fritz, ends US men’s hopes in Australia

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BY JOHN PYE
AP Sports Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The difference for Taylor Fritz between reaching the Grand Slam quarterfinals for the first time and missing out again came down to three points in an 3 1/2-hour, five-set loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open. The 24-year-old Fritz was aiming to put an American man back into the quarterfinals of a major tournament. Tennys Sandgren at the 2020 Australian Open was the last one to do it. Fritz was twice up by a set against the fourth-seeded Tsitsipas. It came down to experience in the end. Tsitsipas converted three of his five break-point chances. Fritz converted two of his 15.

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