Fils Upset by Resurgent Tsitsipas at US Open
Stefanos Tsitsipas rallied after dropping the first set and won 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, 6-4 as Arthur Fils fell in his opener.
- On Monday, August 31, 2026, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece upset 10th-seeded Arthur Fils of France in the first round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
- Although Fils led 5-3 in the second set, Tsitsipas, ranked 53 in the world, dominated the tie-breaker and claimed the final two sets to complete the comeback.
- Entering the match with a 5-0 winning record against Tsitsipas, Fils arrived with high hopes after recently winning the 1,000-level Masters tournament in Cincinnati.
- While Fils has missed multiple Grand Slam tournaments due to injury, the 28-year-old Tsitsipas leveraged his superior experience in the best-of-five sets format during their first major tournament meeting.
- Despite a middling record at Flushing Meadow, Tsitsipas has excelled at other slams, reaching the finals of the French Open and Australian Open, where he lost to Novak Djokovic both times.
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Tsitsipas credits coaching change for renewed belief after Fils win
NEW YORK, Aug 31 : Stefanos Tsitsipas said ending a coaching relationship with his father Apostolos had brought much-needed calm to his tennis life and rebuilt his confidence after the Greek beat 10th seed Arthur Fils in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday.Tsitsipas reached two Grand Slam finals and a
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the second round of the last Grand Slam of the season, the US Open.
After winning Cincinnati's Masters 1000 on August 23rd, the 22-year-old was an outsider for the title. He was beaten 3-1 games by the Greek, who had no longer beaten a top 20 member in the Grand Slam for more than three years.
As he arrived with great ambitions in New York, Arthur Fils was beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas as early as the first round of the US Open on Monday. A counter-performance that the French had difficulty explaining afterwards.
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