Russian tennis player Khachanov shared the secret of his US Open victories

In the quarterfinal match of the US Open (US Open), Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov managed to beat Australian Nick Kiryos. The fight lasted more than three and a half hours and ended with the score 7:5, 4:6, 7:5, 6:7 (3:7), 6:4.

After the end of the match, a video appeared on the network of Kiryos breaking his rackets on the court in a rage. Recall that in the previous round he knocked out Danpiil Medvedev from the tournament, who will now lose the first line in the ATP rating.

For Khachanov For 26-year-old Khachanov, this is the first Grand Slam semi-final in his career. Before that, his best result was reaching the quarterfinals of Roland Garros (2019), Wimbledon (2021) and the US Open (2022).

Karen did not hide his emotions after his victory. During the match, almost the entire stadium supported Kiryos.

“I did it. I did it! Thank you. Now you love me, thank you, I appreciate. It was a crazy match. I expected this and was ready to run, fight, play five sets. We played for almost four hours. And it seems to me that there is no other way to defeat Nick.

Can’t say what I thought in the fifth set. Just trying to be focused. I had chances in the fourth set, but Nick had an amazing tie-break. What is there to do? You can only stay on the court, pull yourself together and try to win the fifth set.

I am very proud of myself. I was focused from the beginning to the end and was able to win.”

I would like to win this tournament. The further you go, the more expectations. And I took a step forward, for the first time I went to the semi-finals. I have nothing to lose,” Khachanov said.

Khachanov became the 10th tennis player from Russia to reach the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tournaments.

Previously, Marat Safin, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Daniil Medvedev, Nikolai Davydenko, Alexander Metreveli, Mikhail Youzhny, Andrey Chesnokov, Alexander Volkov, Aslan Karatsev went to the US Open semi-finals.

On September 8, Khachanov will play Norwegian Kasper Ruud in the semi-finals of the US Open.