Nick Kyrgios loses point with bizarre ‘boneheaded play’ after rushing to Daniil Medvedev’s side to play shot at US Open

Nick Kyrgios lit up New York with a sensational four-set win over US Open defending champion Daniil Medvedev on Sunday night, but that was not without a moment the Australian himself called “the most boneheaded play of all time”. With the match finely poised at one set all, and with a place in the quarter-finals at stake, Kyrgios had a rush of blood in the second game of the third set. Ad The score was 30-30 on Medvedev’s serve, and Kyrgios would have brought up a break point had he let the ball bounce.

However… US Open‘I showed New York my talent’ — Kyrgios dethrones Medvedev to reach quarters in style2 HOURS AGO With Medvedev’s shot nowhere near going over the net, and in fact going wide as well, Kyrgios opted to rush around to his opponent’s side of the court and play a volley. Kyrgios celebrated by putting his index finger up to the crowd, while Medvedev gestured to the chair umpire to signal the play was not allowed. Indeed, the chair umpire correctly sided with Medvedev and Kyrgios played the ball before it had bounced on his opponent’s side.

Kyrgios went on to win 7-6(11) 3-6 6-3 6-2 and admitted afterwards he thought the play was legal. “I think I had probably the most boneheaded play of all time tonight. I thought it was legal to be honest.

I genuinely thought it was legal,” Kyrgios told ESPN. ‘I showed New York my talent’ — Kyrgios dethrones Medvedev to reach quarters in style 'It will be a great challenge' — Garcia 'super excited' to play Gauff in quarter-finals ‘Novak-esque’ – Gauff lauded as ‘total package’ by Wilander “I thought I was playing the concrete streets of my suburb in Canberra. That’s something I would do there and I realised that it wasn’t legal.