Nick Kyrgios celebrates after his match against Karen Khachanov. The 24-year-old Australian raged at the umpire, raged at himself and raged at his box but ultimately prevailed 6-2 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 6-7(7) 7-6(8) in the longest match of his career to set up a last-16 date with 19-time Grand Slam champion Rafa Nadal. Russian 16th seed Khachanov played a full part in the four-hour, 26-minute epic, saving match points in both the third and fourth-set tiebreaks before sending his final backhand wide to trigger delirium in Melbourne Arena. Leading 4-4 30-0 in the fourth set, Kyrgios unnecessarily went for another "tweener" and got it spectacularly wrong, losing the point and cutting his finger in the process. "He played like four hours something in his previous match," Kyrgios said of Khachanov.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 25, 2020 14:03 UTC