Nick Kyrgios beats Thanasi Kokkinakis: US Open tennis 2022 – live!
The countrymen and doubles partners are taking the court. We’ll keep an eye on Tsitsipas-Galan, where Galan managed to hold a difficult service game and is now getting treatment for a leg wound, but our other three eyes will be on the Australians. If you’re tuning in for the all-Australian men’s first-round match, we will get to it. You haven’t missed anything. The Celebrity Roast of
is still in progress, delayed a bit by the fact that Serena had to go out and win a tennis match first.But Tsitsipas wins the next two rallies, and it’s game on. Or would it be “match on”? The fourth seed saved five match points. And now Galan has to regain his composure while the umpire reaches under her chair to grab some new tennis balls.Boom boom, and Tsitsipas fends off the break points. But Galan approaches the net in the next point and plays brilliantly with a succession of volleys that wears down the great Greek.
Galan then literally takes a run at the upset, chasing down a drop shot and getting back up to run down another. He finally unleashes a lob that Tsitsipas, frozen at the net, can only watch, knowing his tournament is over if it lands in. It doesn’t. Again, Galan earns a match point. Again, Tsitsipas fends it off. Then Galan dinks one into the net. And again, Tsitsipas has an unforced error, and it’s deuce.Long-ish rally, and then Tsitsipas hits one far away. Fifth match point …
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