Shin Sung Gough, 18, defeats Chinese Shun Zhang and progresses to the quarter-finals for the first time in his career
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong-seok Ahn = ‘Evil’ Nick Kyrios (25th, Australia) defeated Dani Medvedev (Russia), the ‘defending champion’ and world number) advanced to the quarter-finals of the tournament of tennis.
Kyrios defeated Medvedev 3-1 (7-6) in the men’s singles round of 16 on day 7 of the tournament at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA, 5th (Korean time) 3-6 6-3 6-2) defeated.
Although Kirios is said to have a natural talent for tennis, he often cannot control his emotions on the court and does not perform as expected.
However, after winning second place at Wimbledon this year, he showed a different picture and, with this win, made it to the quarter-finals twice in a row at the main tournament for the first time in his life.
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Kyrios’ next opponent is Karen Khachanov (31st, Russia), who defeated Pablo Carreño Busta (15th, Spain) 3-2 (4-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3).
Their head-to-head record is tight, with 1 win and 1 loss, and among them, in the final third round of the 2020 Australian Open, Kyrios won 3-2 after a full set match. At that time, there were four tie-breaks.
Medvedev ended the year without winning a major.
Medvedev, who won this competition last year, finished second at the Australian Open and this year reached the round of 16 at the French Open. Wimbledon could not compete because the organizers did not allow the participation of Russian players.
Although the frequency has decreased from the past, Kyrios’ “sudden behavior” still emerged to this day.
In the second game of the 3rd set, Kyrios had a break and Medvedev’s shot rose into the sky and crossed the field.
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Medvedev’s shot failed to get past the net, but first Kyrios hit the ball and Medvedev scored, and Medvedev saved his sub game at the end.
The two players were in close contact with 21 Kyrios and 22 Medvedev in the sub-ace, but Kyrios was ahead 53-49 in the winner.
Medvedev, last year’s US Open champion, who lost that day, took first place in the world rankings announced 12 after the tournament.
According to the results of this competition, one between Rafael Nadal (3rd place), Carlos Alcaras (4th place, Spain) and Casper Rood (7th place, Norway) will become the new first place.
Roude beat Corentin Mouth (112th, France) 3-1 (6-1 6-2 6-7) 6-2) and moved on to the quarter-finals.
On this day, Alejandro Davidovich Pokina (39th, Spain) 3-2 (3-6 7-6) 6-3 4-6 6-2), Matteo Beretini (14th, Italy) will face Ruud in the quarter-finals.
In the opponent’s record, Ruud leads Beretini 3-2.
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“Women’s tennis star” Koko Goff (12th place, USA) defeated Shui Zhang (36th, China) 2-0 (7-5 7-5) and progressed to the quarter-finals of this tournament for the first time in his life.
Born in 2004, Goff, who raised expectations for the future of women’s tennis in the United States, achieved good singles results in other important tournaments, such as eighth place and second place at the French Open last year and this year. year, respectively I have never climbed more than 3 rounds in singles.
Goff’s next opponent is Caroline Garcia (17th, France), who beat Alison Lisk Amritrazy (29th, USA) 2-0 (6-4 6-1).
Goff has two wins against Garcia.
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