seed slaying Jordan Thompson has claimed another big scalp to set up unreal all Australian fourth round US Open Showdown with Alex the minor after sending World No7 Hubert her catch's packing in round two Thompson took out 30th seed Mato arnoldy 75 62 76 75 on day six to storm into the last 16 at flashing Meadows for a second time Thompson promptly browned a high stakes match up with his Sydney mate unreal for sure and AI in the quarters I hope that it is me he said with Alexi poper and basking in the glory of His stunning defeat of Defending Champion Novak chakavak Australia has already converted its biggest US Open contingent in 43 years to having at least two players in the men's last 16 against dor Thompson will take a power of stopping playing the tenness of his life having won his made an ATP title this year in Las Cabos and made the fin in Atlanta the Paris Olympian has now matched his career best Grand Slam run from the 2020 US Open it's a drop us at this campaign Thompson fell behind for two in the third against arnaldi a 2023 Italian Davis Cup Wier widely considered one of the brightest young stars in tennis but as he does Thompson went straight back to work breaking arnaldi in the seventh game and recovering from 30-0 down in the third set tiebreaker to seal Victory after 2 hours 33 minutes it was a great match from me the third round is pressure I have not been there too much in my career he said I was getting a little bit agitated there but I dealt with it really well and came out on top it is really pleasing to win under lights in New York on a Saturday night the 30-year oldold is set to claim a new career high ranking inside the world's top 30 and believes he is only now starting to Peak it is hard to argue with I feel like I am getting better as I get older Thompson said it is definitely the best I have been playing in my career and my results and ranking dictate that but Chris o cannell's Open is over after Australia's fourth third round representative cop to lesson from world no one janx or on Arthur Ash Stadium I felt like he was on from the get-go I felt a little bit clueless to be honest oconnell said After exiting with the 61 6462 loss every single shot I just fell felt like I had to do something with it because he was just on me he was suffocating me I've got to believe but I just felt that he was really on fire the best tennis player I've ever played for sure OK Connell can console himself with a career best payday of $215,000 us $315,000 Australian dollar for reaching the last 32 poperin the 28th seed Meets World number 20 Francis TFO in the fourth round on Sunday night 9:00 a.m. Monday in the prime time show