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No. 20 seed Frances Tiafoe avenged his loss to No. 13 Ben Shelton in the U.S. Open quarterfinals last year, outlasting his fellow American 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 on Friday in a thrilling third-round match at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
With the four-hour, six-minute win, the 26-year-old Tiafoe advanced to his fifth straight round of 16 at the U.S. Open, something no American
