US Open finalist Taylor Fritz crashed out of the Japan Open in the first round on Thursday and Frances Tiafoe and Stefanos Tsitsipas joined him on a day of shocks in Tokyo.
Top seed Fritz, who this month became the first American man to reach a Grand Slam final since 2009, was bundled out 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 by France’s Arthur Fils.
It came just hours after No 7 seed Tiafoe, who lost to Fritz in the US Open semifinals, was eliminated with a 7-5, 6-3 loss to fellow American Brandon Nakashima.
Greece’s Tsitsipas, the No 4 seed, went out with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 defeat to American qualifier Alex Michelsen.
