How Frances Tiafoe went from sleeping at a tennis center to the US Open quarterfinals
By Ben Church, CNN
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Karen Khachanov set-up a US Open semi-final duel with Casper Ruud on Tuesday when he battled past "devastated" Nick Kyrgios in a big-hitting five-setter, shattering the Australian crowd-pleaser's dreams of a maiden Grand Slam title. Russian 27th seed Khachanov triumphed 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 over the Wimbledon runner-up to make the last-four at a major for the first time. Earlier Tuesday, Norwegian fifth seed Ruud defeated Italy's Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to make his second Slam semi-final of 2022 having finished runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the French Open.
Nick Kyrgios said he was "devastated" after suffering a "heartbreaking" defeat to Karen Khachanov in the US Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Nick Kyrgios admitted to feeling «devastated» and «mentally distraught» after suffering a shock loss to Karen Khachanov at the US Open. The 27-year-old had been expected to keep up his remarkable summer form with a relatively open draw at Flushing Meadows given Rafael Nadal and world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev had already bowed out of the tournament.
It is the overcooked forehand in a thriller that might have cost Nick Kyrgios a grand slam title. As gallant as the Australian was when edged 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4 by Karen Khachanov at the US Open, one wonders whether such a golden chance will ever come again. The frustration he showed on exiting the court suggested he realised as much. Smashed rackets. And more. It is a shame, because although beaten, he put up a strong fight.
Roddick happy to hand over the baton Frances Tiafoe does not want to get dragged into the whole narrative of possibly ending America’s two-decade drought in men’s singles at the US Open — and Andy Roddick totally gets it. Ad Tiafoe, who posted a huge upset over Rafael Nadal to reach the quarter-finals in New York, is three wins away from becoming the first American man since Roddick in 2003 to win the US Open singles title.
Serena Williams, you might have heard, played what's expected to be her last match at the U.S. Open. Rafael Nadal lost in the fourth round.
The ninth-seeded Russian triumphed 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and will face either four-time champion Rafael Nadal or Frances Tiafoe of the United States for a place in the semi-finals.