US Open: Nick Kyrgios throws in the towel in first round loss
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NickKyrgiosspent more time battling chair umpire Carlos Bernardes than opponent Roberto Bautista Agut at the USOpen on Monday (August 30) as the truculent Australian slumped to a 6-3 6-4 6-0 first round exit.
The furthestKyrgioshas gone at Flushing Meadows was the third round but the bad boy of tennis proved once again he can still pack in a crowd in New York as fans piled into Louis Armstrong Stadium hoping to see some late night fireworks.
The contest did not produce the explosive outburstsKyrgioshas become known for but there was no shortage of profanity laced rants as the Australian became embroiled in a standoff with Bernardes over where towels could and could not be placed on the court.
Taking his time to towel off after each point, the delays soon irritated Bautista Agut and the Spaniard expressed his frustration to Bernardes, who warnedKyrgios.
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"My job is to come out here and entertain the people," roaredKyrgios. "Not to walk back and forth for a towel.
"I should be able to put the towel where I want.
"I don’t want to walk back and forth, back and forth. How many extra steps is that?
"That’s so stupid."
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After two bad-tempered setsKyrgiosappeared to throw in towel, losing the final set 6-0 and not even raising his racquet as Bautista Agut hit the match winner.
Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev stayed solid from the baseline against Frenchman Richard Gasquet to advance to the second round of the USOpen with a 6-4 6-3 6-1 victory on Monday.
It was the 200th career win for the 25-year-old and his 160th on hard courts and the Russian showed why he is one of the top contenders for the title with a clinical display at Arthur Ashe Stadium in the final match of the opening day.
The 2019 USOpen finalist, who also reached the title match of the Australian Open at the start of the year, broke Gasquet once in each of the first two sets before the veteran Frenchman seemed to start struggling physically.
Gasquet, 10 years older than his opponent, started to move gingerly in the third set in the hot and humid conditions at Flushing Meadows as Medvedev broke him three times to close out the match in under two hours.