Special Ks crumble after this Kyrgios magic

Nick Kyrgios ignited the assemblage with an outrageous hip-thrust solemnisation aft winning a important constituent precocious successful the 3rd acceptable lucifer tiebreaker.

But 4 points later, helium and Thanasi Kokkinakis were retired of the US Open, going down 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (10-8) to Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara.

Kyrgios had conscionable won the Special Ks a important constituent precocious successful the lucifer tiebreak - a beauteous lob implicit the heads of Glasspool and Haliovaara, which landed conscionable wrong the baseline.

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The enigmatic Aussie turned to the stands and gave a bid of thrusts, whipping a raucous assemblage into a frenzy earlier the brace capitulated to suffer 4 consecutive points and beryllium bundled retired of the tournament.

It was an uncharacteristic show from the pair, which saw them stroke 3 lucifer points successful the 2nd set.

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios successful enactment against Harri Heliovaara and Lloyd Glasspool. (Getty)

Glasspool and Haliovaara past fought backmost to gain a acceptable constituent of their own, and it was fixed to them connected a platter erstwhile Kokkinakis treble faulted.

Kokkinakis wasn't unsocial successful making errors - Kyrgios had intelligibly near his signifier from Monday's triumph against Daniil Medvedev determination connected Arthur Ashe Stadium. A bizarre infinitesimal aboriginal successful the 3rd acceptable saw him swat a shot implicit backmost implicit his enarthrosis aft appearing to baulk astatine a smash from a precocious bouncing return.

The 2nd past constituent of the lucifer summed up their show aptly - Kyrgios sent down a service that was crunched backmost implicit the net. The Ks past looked astatine each different arsenic the shot sailed betwixt them to acceptable up a lucifer point.

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Glasspool and Haliovaara lone needed the 1 chance, and took it to sound the Special Ks out.

Kyrgios is present escaped to absorption connected his heavy singles run. He volition look Karen Khachanov successful his quarter-final time (AEST).

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