Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios sent defending champion and World No.1 Daniil Medvedev crashing out of the US Open 2022 tennis in an explosive Last-16 clash on Sunday. Wimbledon runner-up Kyrgios triumphed 7-6 (13/11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach his first quarter-final in New York where he will face another Russian, Karen Khachanov. 

No.1 ranking no more

Medvedev will lose his world top ranking after being defeated by Kyrgios for the fourth time in five meetings. Kyrgios fired 21 aces and a total of 53 winners past his outclassed Russian opponent. “It was an amazing match, obviously Daniil as the defending champion had a lot of pressure on his shoulders, but I’ve been playing amazing the last couple of months,” Kyrgios said after 
the win.