Kyrgios blurted out and smashed his racquets after being ruled out by Khachanov

After a horrific struggle that lasted into the early hours of Wednesday morning, Mr Karen Khachanov drove to a 5-set win over Nick Kyrgios to reach his first career Grand Slam semifinal.

The out-of-form Russian, who has fallen to No. 31 in the world rankings, put on a great performance and managed to keep his cool as Kyrgios sent the quarterfinals into a fifth set to win 7-5, 4-6. 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-4 of his opponent, after 3 hours and 39 minutes of match at Arthur Ashe and continues his course at the US Open.

Nick Kyrgios lost his temper again after the final of the match when he broke two of his racquets after shaking hands with the referee and became the negative protagonist again.

One of the fittest tennis players in recent months, Kyrgios celebrated his second consecutive win against Daniil Medvedev and looked poised for the next big step in his career after his recent Wimbledon final appearance. However, he was particularly ineffective on his break chances (2/9) and his returns weren’t on the best day.

“I made it, I made it I’m very proud of myself. I was focused from start to finish. It was a crazy match but I was ready to fight and play five setssaid the 26-year-old Russian, who will face Casper Rudd in the US Open semifinals, who previously defeated Matteo Berretini in an impressive manner.

Served dominated the opening two sets of Khachanov’s matchup with Kyrgios, with little rallies and little crowd participation. However, from the 3rd set the rallies increased and the spectators started creating a different situation in the stands as Kyrgios shook them up as he sent the match into the 5th set.

Khachanov’s quick break (1-0) gave him a clear lead in the 5th set and despite Kyrgios’ attempt to regain the break (0/2 break points), he achieved the coveted win and American Open ‘4’ best.

Khachanov finished the match with 63 winners, including 30 aces, while having half as many errors as Kyrgios (31 vs. 58), with the Australian having 75 winners (31 aces) in total.

source: tennis24