WATCH: Kyrgios involved in weirdest point in tennis history?
Nick Kyrgios made a bizarre error in judgement during the US Open, conceding a point in a fashion that you have to see to believe.
Ultimately, Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios sent defending champion Daniil Medvedev tumbling out of the US Open on Sunday as he powered his way to another memorable victory.
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The 23rd-seeded Kyrgios produced some scintillating shot-making on his way to a 7-6 (13/11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over the world number one from Russia.
However, it could have all so easily gone awry for Kyrgios when he bizarrely gave away a point during the early stages of the all-important third set.
Having got himself in a certain position to win a point that would have earned himself a break point, Kyrgios strangely ran onto the opposite side of the court to hit a ball that was clearly going to land well out.
Kyrgios thought he may have got away with winning the point, but it was correctly called out as a foul, and the Australian laughed at his error after the game.
“I think I had probably the most boneheaded play of all time tonight. I thought it was legal to be honest. I genuinely thought it was legal,” Kyrgios said in an interview with ESPN. “I thought I was playing the concrete streets of my suburb in Canberra. That’s something I would do there and I realised that it wasn’t legal. You can see my face… I was so happy. I was like, ‘That’s the best shot ever’ and it wasn’t legal. But it was fun.”
Oh what was THAT! A brain fade from Kyrgios!
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Kyrgios admitted he was relieved to have secured another victory
Kyrgios will face Karen Khachanov in the quarter-finals on Tuesday
“It’s a great win. But I come off the court and I’m just almost relieved that it’s over because there’s just so much pressure every time I go out on court, so much expectation, so much unpredictability of what I can do,” Kyrgios said. “I just sit there in the locker room after and I’m just super proud of the performance because there was really a time where I didn’t think I was capable of producing and doing this any more.”
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