US Open: American No 10 seed Frances Tiafoe comes from behind to reach the fourth round with four-set win over France’s Adrian Mannarino

America’s Frances Tiafoe moved into the US Open fourth round with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(6) victory over Adrian Mannarino of France.

The No 10 seed dropped his first set of the tournament, losing the opener 6-4 on Louis Armstrong Stadium. But Tiafoe rallied to continue his bid for glory, running out a winner over the world No 35.

This is now the fourth straight year Tiafoe has gone at least that far at Flushing Meadows. In 2022, he beat Rafael Nadal on his way to the semifinals. 

The 25-year-old from Maryland said his whole season is focused on this home major. 

‘The summer is irrelevant. It’s all about this tournament, honestly,’ Tiafoe said in his post-match interview in Louis Armstrong Stadium.

‘He’s so annoying to play,’ the American added on Mannarino. 

‘He’s bunting the ball around. It’s so slow. You look at him and are like: “What’s he doing?” But it’s so effective.. he’s super tough. 

‘I’m happy the match is over. He’s super annoying to play.’

Another American, fourteenth seed Tommy Paul, moved into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the first time, defeating No 21 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Paul served up the last of his 15 aces to close out the match.

‘I felt like I served a lot better, came to the net and played full-court tennis,’ said Paul, who reached the semifinals of the Australian Open this year.

Paul will next face 20-year-old American Ben Shelton, who downed Russian Aslan Karatsev 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0, to reach his second Grand Slam tournament fourth round after his quarterfinal showing at this year’s Australian Open.

Meanwhile, Caroline Wozniacki´s comeback to tennis and the US Open rolled on, with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over American Jennifer Brady, another player making a return to the game after a years-long absence.

The 33-year-old from Denmark raised her fists in the air and glanced over to her husband in the stands when she closed out the match to move into the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows in just her third tournament back after three and a half years in retirement.

‘To actually be here in Arthur Ashe Stadium with all of you supporting me is a dream come true,’ she said in her post-match interview. ‘What an honor this is.’

The former No. 1 and 2018 Australian Open champion left the sport in early 2020 to start a family and later spent time working as a TV analyst. Now ranked 623rd, she needed a wild card to get into the U.S. Open ma