Niko’s great triumph will not only bring him a place in the quarterfinals and a jump among the top 20 tennis players in the ATP ranking, but will also mark a change at the top.
Medvedev will remain without the first position, and now the way is opening for Rafael Nadal from Spain, while Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Rudd also have a chance to win the tennis throne.
Currently, Nadal is in the best situation, having more than 600 points more than Alcaraz and Rudo, so depending on the results, it will be known by the end of the competition who will be the new world “number 1”.
After the tournament, at worst, Kyrgios will be 18th in the ATP rankings and he was ranked higher only once in his career, back in 2016.
The guy from Canberra again played a spectacular duel against Medvedev, just like a few weeks ago in Montreal, confirming that he is in the form of life.
He won the first set in a dramatic tie-break in which he saved three rival set-balls (13:11), and even though he lost the next one, he did not let it disturb him.
In the third and fourth part of the game, he dominated and “cleaned up” Danilo, finishing the job in a little less than three hours.
“Potentially, I have three more matches. After that, we don’t have to play tennis anymore,” he announced his retirement if he wins the title at “Flushing Meadows”.
For the first time in his life, Nick is among the top eight in New York, and there he is waiting for the Russian Karen Khachanov, who eliminated the Spaniard Pablo Karenja Busta after a marathon in five sets.
The US Open runs from August 29 to September 11 and is played for a prize pool of $60,102,000.
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