Paul was trying to get his third career quarterfinal and first at Flushing Meadows he also was trying to become the first American to beat a man ranked number one at the US Open since Andre Agassi eliminated Lon huid in 2002 instead Paul fell to6 at Majors against players ranked in the top 10 I had opportunities there in the first set obviously and then opportunities in the second Paul said but he stepped up on the on the big points and I didn't that was kind of the story of the match sner improved to 322 with four titles on hard courts in 2024 and has now reached at least the quarterfinals at all four slams this year