Nick Kyrgios smashes two rackets in angry response to US Open defeat

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Nick Kyrgios smashed two of his rackets after he fell to a five set defeat to Karen Khachanov in the US Open. The Australian was broken early in the fifth set and could not recover the deficit to the Russian and exited the competition at the quarter-final stage. 

It had been a marathon match between the two first time US Open quarter-finalists with the five-set affair being wrapped up at 1am local time. The match length had clearly taken its toll on Kyrgios as he took it out on his tennis kit. 

The Australian had been playing catch-up throughout the match with Khachanov winning the first and third sets 7-5. The Aussie hit back in the second and fourth to take the match to a decider but was broken in his first service game, causing him to lose the match. 

As the camera focused on the Russian following the biggest win of his career, microphones picked up Kyrgios taking out his frustrations in the background. It then panned round to the world No 25 who could be seen standing over a mangled racket on the floor. 

He then angrily walked off court, with cameras losing sight of him as he headed towards the changing room. 

It was not the first time Kyrgios had broken one of his tools during the match, after he received an on-court warning for smashing another racket and his water bottle at the end of the third set. He had four break points over the course of the middle set but went on to lose after being broken by the World No 31 in the final game. Ball kids and court attendants were forced to clean up the water he had chucked all over the Arthur Ashe Court. 

He also took the set loss out on his team shouting up at his player box “Do you guys even know what a break point is? It’s f****** sad.” While he tried to prepare himself for the fourth set. 

The tirade continued: “Do you know what a break point is?” he asked again. “Embarrassing. Do you guys even know what a break point is? You f****** don’t.” His behaviour prompted umpire James Keothavong a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct.

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