US Open: Nick Kyrgios beats Daniil Medvedev on entertaining New York night
Scratch Kyrgios finished Daniil Medvedev's guard of the US Open title as he procured an exhilarating four-set win on an engaging night in New York. The 27-year-old Australian showed the entirety of his shot-production - and penchant for making show - in a 7-6 (13-11) 3-6 6-3 6-2 win in the last 16. Medvedev, 26, will lose his positioning as world number one after the loss. Wimbledon second place Kyrgios proceeds to play another Russian, 27th seed Karen Khachanov, in the quarter-finals. Khachanov arrived at his third Grand Slam quarter-last by outliving Spanish twelfth seed Pablo Carreno Busta in a 4-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3 win. "It was an astonishing pair. Daniil is the reigning champ and a ton of tension on his shoulders, yet I've been playing extraordinary as of late," said 23rd seed Kyrgios, who will move once again into the world's main 20 after the success. "Individuals were truly beginning to uncertainty my capacity to pull out matches like this at majors. I...