“I want to show my talent to New York. There is no better place to confirm what I’ve been doing for the past few months,” said Nick Kyrgios: “I want to go all the way.”
The Australian, who reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon in July, confirmed his outstanding form against the reigning US Open champion.
In the tie-break of the first set, he kept his nerve and fended off three set balls from Daniil Medvedev – before he used his fourth himself a little later.
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Medvedev hit back, took a 3-0 lead and won the second set.
13:11! Kyrgios with racquet toss and spell stops in tiebreak
However, Kyrgios was not impressed and took over the scepter again. With a 4:1 lead, the 27-year-old laid the foundation for winning the third set and in the fourth he also managed an early break to make it 2:1.
After two hours and 53 minutes, the time had come: Kyrgios converted his first match point to the ovations of the audience.
Curious: Kyrgios plays ball on Medvedev’s side
“Well deserved, unbelievable how he played,” praised the ex-professional Markus Zoecke at Eurosport the appearance of the world number 25.
Kyrgios actually put on a great show again, which also polarized.
At the beginning of the third set, for example, he ran around the net on Medvedev’s side and played a ball from the Russian that would not have landed in the field again. With that, Kyrgios wasted a possible breakball, but he secured the set anyway.
“Can you be saved???” Kyrgios plays ball on Medvedev side!
Meanwhile, Kyrgios has already achieved his best result at the US Open. He had never progressed past the 3rd round of the Flushing Meadows classic.
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The next opponent is Medvedev’s compatriot Karen Khachanov, who defeated the Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta after 3:21 hours 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3.
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