Nick Kyrgios handed over a racket as a sympathetic present for unintentionally hitting a younger fan and the umpire left her chair to verify on the boy’s situation.
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And that was all within the opening few video games of the newest model of tennis performed in a prized-fight ambiance within the Australian Open males’s doubles competitors.
Roared on by a capability 5,000 spectators, Kyrgios and fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis — the staff dubbed the Special Ks — beat one other seeded pair to advance to the semifinals.
After coming into on a wild card, the pair have made Melbourne Park’s new stadium their very own cauldron. On Tuesday, they fired a mixed 25 aces to beat the sixth-seeded staff of Tim Puetz and Michael Venus 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
“I’m not finished. I want to win this,” Kyrgios informed the gang. “Unreal scenes. When we were young growing up, this (Melbourne Park) is where we started.”
Nick Kyrgios unintentionally hit a younger fan within the crowd so he went over and gave him his racquet
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It was the third consecutive victory in opposition to seeded groups, and Kokkinakis prompt to Australian Open event director Craig Tiley that their subsequent match be scheduled on the identical court docket the place spectators can watch matches for the price of a floor cross moderately than a stadium ticket.
“When we walk through the tunnel (onto court), there’s no feeling like it. We don’t want to be anywhere else, this is perfect,” he stated. “Hopefully, Craig is watching and puts us out on this court.”
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie@tkokkinakis , @nickkyrgios attain their first Grand Slam semifinal with a 7-5 3-6 6-3 upset over No.6 seeds Tim Puetz & Michael Venus.#AusOpen , #AO2022
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With Kokkinakis serving within the fourth sport, Kyrgios swatted a unfastened ball into the court docket floor and the ball bounced 4 rows into the stand and struck a younger boy within the chest.
As the momentarily shocked younger fan was comforted by his mom, skilled umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore left her chair to verify that he was not injured. Kyrgios trotted to his bag, grabbed a spare racket and handed it as much as the boy.
The Special Ks are attracting a variety of consideration. So a lot that the host TV broadcaster usually crossed from protection of the Rafael Nadal vs. Denis Shapovalov quarterfinal in the primary stadium to verify on progress of this doubles match.
To attain the ultimate, Kyrgios and Kokkinakis should get previous third-seeded Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
