Paula Bosa defiantly stated that her boyfriend stepanos cipas will always be a champion after the Greek s poor run of form continued at the US Open Spanish star Bosa has been in resurgent form over the summer with the 26 seed into the third round of the US Open for the first time after beating Victoria gbic and her opener the former World NO2 rallied from a breakdown in the second set to seal a 6 to3 7 to5 victory over Taylor towns and on Thursday her impressive summer which started with her winning her fourth career title at the Washington open earlier in the month contrasts CPA's recent results and encouraging clay Court Season saw the Greek win the Monte Carlo masters and reached the French Open quarterfinals though he has struggled since then his poor US Open record continued on Tuesday the 11 seed beaten in four sets by thanasi konakis for a third round one loss in seven main draw appearances having never made it to the second week however CPA's time in New York is not yet over with he and Bosa once again deciding to enter the mixed doubles draw at a major Bosa and cipus will face Juliana olos and Santiago Gonzales in round one and when asked in her postmatch interview to confirm they would be playing but DOA did just that she said I confirmed that hopefully we play tomorrow D we we looking forward to it it's really nice to share the court together we spend time off court but also on court it's really special in a slam it's like a dream come true. big shout out to him he's going through tough moments but he's a champion and he will always be a champion a mixed doubles campaign May provide some welcome relief for sitop who has been under scrutiny even in the buildup to the US Open former World NO3 confirmed after the Canadian open that his dad apostos would no longer be his full-time coach but the shift away from his family has not paid off in the short term and he admitted after his loss to kokinakis that he was unsure of where he was in his career remember my concentration used to be at its highest at its peak back then and that's something that I felt has dropped a little bit I know it sounds strange but I feel like I need the hunger to reproduce the hunger I had back then added sitas