American eases to 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win in under two hours
Popyrin plagued by unforced errors in dispiriting loss
Alexei Popyrin could find no way through the American iron man Tommy Paul as the Australian men’s challenge at the French Open petered out tamely.
Popyrin, the Australian men’s No 2, never looked like grasping the opportunity to earn his first grand slam quarter-final date. He succumbed 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on a sun-soaked Court Suzanne Lenglen in a bloodless fourth-round clash on Sunday.
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