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Defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan and Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas were both ousted from the US Open by 18yearolds in epic stunners on Friday at Arthur Ashe StadiumFourtime Grand Slam champion Osaka was shocked by Canadian lefthander Leylah Fernandez 57 76 72 64 after Spainrsquos Carlos Alcaraz upset French Open runnerup Tsitsipas 63 46 76 72 06 76 75Canadian Leylah FernandezldquoHonestly the Alcaraz match gave me motivation and the energy to do the samerdquo Fernandez said ldquoI saw his match and I saw the way he won and Irsquom like lsquoIrsquom going to do that next nowrsquo rdquoOsaka to take a breakShock followed shock as defending champion Osaka in a tearful news conference after the loss announced she was taking a break from playing tennis ldquoI honestly donrsquot know when Irsquom going to play my next tennis matchrdquo Osaka said wiping away tearsldquoI think Irsquom going to take a break from playing for a whilerdquo Osaka who had won her prior 16 Grand Slam matches was foiled in a bid for her third US Open crown in four years and the first backtoback titles since Serena Williams in 2014Alcaraz is the youngest man in the US Open fourth round since 17yearold American Michael Chang in 1989 and at any Slam since Ukrainersquos Andrei Medvedev in the 1992 French OpenSpainrsquos Carlos AlcarazlsquoIncredible winrsquoldquoIncredible Incredible feeling for merdquo Alcaraz said ldquoThis victory means a lot to me Itrsquos the best match of my career the best win ldquoTo beat Stefanos Tsitsipas is a dream come true and to win here is even more special for merdquoOsaka had a major meltdown on court during the final moments of the second set after she was unable to hold serve for the victoryStefanos TsitsipasOsaka took the first set in 37 minutes on her sixth ace But Osaka was broken in the 12th game of the second set an errant forehand sending her to a tiebreaker That began a sequence of repeated racquet smashing by Osaka as she was humbled in the tiebreak to force a third setRussian second seed Daniil Medvedev the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open runnerup beat Spainrsquos 74thranked Pablo Andujar 60 64 63 Hersquos next face British 24th seed Daniel EvansSaniaRajeev crash outMeanwhile the IndoAmerican pair of Sania Mirza and Rajeev Ram made a first round exit from the mixed doubles event after losing 36 63 710 to Dayana Yastremska from Ukraine and Australiarsquos Max PurcellSpanish ninth seed Garbine Muguruza outlasted 18th seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 64 36 62 Romanian 12th seed Simona Halep ousted 19th seed ElenaRybakina of Kazakhstan 76 1311 46 63 after two hours and 25 minutesAlso Read Historic heroesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever