Russian Karen Khachanov beat the Australian on Tuesday Nick Kyrgios After three hours and forty minutes of battle and relying on strong serves, he qualified for the semi-finals of the US Open, where he would face the Norwegians. Casper Ruud.

Khachanov, number 31 in the world ranking, surpassed Kyrgios 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7(3) and 6-4 and the Australian player, who managed to eliminate current champion Russian Daniil Medvedev in the previous round, put an end to the New York road.

The Muscovite, who won the Masters 1000 in Paris in 2018, hit thirty serve winners against Kyrgios, who came to this event as the player with the most wins at halftime since last June.

“I have nothing to lose,” said Khachanov at the end of the match. In an interview at the bottom of the court without hiding his dream of leaving New York as a champion.

it was a match between two service experts with very fast games and a few swapswhich little details make the difference.

Both players are connected nine serve winners in the first set, but the difference was made by non-compulsion, with Khachanov having only two to Kyrgios’ thirteen. One of them was a double error from 5-6 that allowed Khachanov to take a single timeout and take a 7-5 lead.

With great support from the audience, Kyrgios increased his serve speed in the second set and took a good break in the third game, ending the game in a draw. in the third arm the scenario of the first set was repeated, with a ‘break’ with 5-6 in the light, fatal for Australia.

Kyrgios wasted four time-outs in his favor, while Khachanov penalized one of his three shots. and moved his opponent.

The Australian dropped his racket in frustration and received a warning from the judge for throwing a bottle on the runwaya during the time-out before the start of the fourth set.

However, repelled by Arthur Ashe’s audience, Kyrgios won the fourth set 7-6 after winning the tiebreak 7-3. and forced the fifth set.

The Australian player seemed to gain momentum, but a break from Khachanov at the opening of the fifth and decisive set put an end to his ambitions. The Russians canceled two ‘break’ balls that Kyrgios had achieved with great effort. and two minutes later in the morning he was able to celebrate his semi-final ticket.

They will now meet in the semi-finals. Casper Ruud defeats Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4) reaching the second semi-final of the ‘big’ of his career after being a finalist at Roland Garros this year.

Other quarter-final matches to be seen Carlos Alcaraz faces Italian Jannik Sinner and American Frances Tiafoe faces Russian Andrey Rublev.

In the women’s period, French Caroline García defeated American Coco Gauff and faced Tunisian Ounce Jabeur in the semi-finals.Winner against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.

On the other side of the table, the quarter-finals will be played this Wednesday with the duels between world number one Polish Iga Swiatek and American Jessica Pegula and Czech Karolina Pliskova and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.

The women’s semi-final will be played this Thursday, and the final will be played on Saturday, September 10.