Fritz crashes out of US Open third round to Cerundolo

NEW YORK, Sept 5 : American Taylor Fritz crashed out in the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday, losing to Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 in his earliest exit from his home major in four years.Fritz had not dropped a set in the previous two rounds and looked to be among the prime contenders to end a 23-year U.S. men's major drought but Cerundolo brought his best level to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time. He next plays either Belgian Alexander Blockx or Italian Flavio Cobolli."He was playing way better than me the first two sets," said Cerundolo, who played on Arthur Ashe Stadium for the first time. "I started getting into it step by step and I think fourth and fifth I played really good tennis. I wasn't finding that tennis in the previous s