Kyrgios penalised for 'crazy' illegal shot

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Nick Kyrgios was deed with a 'foul shot' punishment for hitting the shot connected the different broadside of the net, arsenic helium went to observe a constituent that helium thought had acceptable up a interruption constituent successful his US Open lucifer against Daniil Medvedev.

The Aussie prima went connected to triumph 7-6 (13-11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, eliminating the satellite No.1 successful what Todd Woodbridge described arsenic "the champion lucifer he's ever played", but it was the sideshow created by Kyrgios' 3rd acceptable encephalon detonation that concisely took centre stage.

The Australian had the constituent won, and a last-gasp changeable from Medvedev had looped up successful the aerial and spun disconnected to the broadside of the court, person to the umpire's seat than landing fair.

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With the momentum from his erstwhile shot, Kyrgios ran past wherever the shot was and smashed it distant successful solemnisation - but the shot wasn't dormant yet.

"What an mistake successful judgement," a stunned Woodbridge said successful commentary for Nine.

"That should person been interruption point."

Instead, it was 40-30 Medvedev who held service a constituent later. But Kyrgios was capable to laughter it disconnected arsenic helium rapidly held his ain serve.

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"I've ne'er seen thing similar that successful each my clip successful tennis," Woodbridge said.

"That is crazy."

Kyrgios could aboriginal beryllium heard telling his box, "I honestly thought it was legal."

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Remarkably, Kyrgios kept his chill aft having the constituent stripped from him, and helium went connected to triumph the 3rd set, seizing the momentum astatine a clip of precocious tension. Woodbridge commented astatine the clip that Kyrgios seemed to "lighten up" aft losing that interruption point, a wide departure from the mode the Aussie would person reacted had thing similar that happened adjacent 12 months ago.

Following the match, Kyrgios was capable to laughter astir it with American tennis fable Patrick McEnroe, saying he'd made himself "look similar an idiot" and predicting that the constituent would beryllium shown connected repetition by ESPN's iconic show SportsCenter.

But much important was his quality to shingle it disconnected and refocus, breaking Medvedev successful the Russian's adjacent work crippled to crook the lucifer successful his favour. He ne'er looked similar relinquishing his vantage thereafter.

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