hello viewers welcome back to ssn24 in today's update from the US Open 2024 we witnessed an epic rematch between two of America's brightest tennis stars Francis TFO faced off against Ben Shelton in a thrilling third round encounter that had fans on the edge of their seats the match was a perfect Showcase of high level tennis and determination with tifo ultimately emerging Victorious after five intense sets the match kicked off with Shelton taking the first at 6 to4 continuing his strong form from last year when he defeated TFO in the US Open quarterfinals however tifo was not ready to let history repeat itself despite being down 5 to four in the second set he fought back with resilience to win the set 7 to5 leveling the match the third set was nothing short of dramatic both players exchanged breaks leading to a nail-biting tie break Shelton quickly took control with a 6 to zero lead in the tie break but tifo fought back saving five set points before Shelton clinched the set with a powerful 143 mph race in the fourth set tiao regained his momentum taking a 5 to four lead before capitalizing on Shelton's errors to win the set six to4 pushing the match into a decisive fifth set by this point Shelton though impressive with his 23 Aces appeared exhausted while tifo maintained his energy and focus tiao broke Shelton early in the fifth set and never looked back securing the set six to three and with it the match both players showed their strengths throughout the match Shelton with his powerful serves and tifo with his precision and consistency however Shelton's 58 unforced errors proved costly compared to tfo's 27 this Victory marks tfo's Advanced to his fifth consecutive round of 16 at the US Open where he will face alexe poin who notably upset number two Novak jokovic this rematch had a lot writing on it especially after last year's encounter where Shelton triumphed and even celebrated with his now famous hanging up the phone gesture this time it was tfo's turn to shine in other American tennis news Coco goof also secured a spot in the fourth round after a hardfought win against elenas vidalina gof will now face fellow American Emma novaro in the next round that's all for now stay tuned to ssn24 for more exciting updates from the US Open and other sports news if you enjoyed this update make sure to like share and subscribe to our channel for more content thanks for watching