Kyrgios' best chance as top seeds tumble at the US Open
<p>The tennis world is in shock after three of the top 10 male stars have tumbled at the US Open in the beginning round. </p>
<p>Dominic Thiem (4), Stefanos Tsitsipas (8) and Roberto Bautista Agut (10) all faced unthinkable lossed in New York on Tuesday. </p>
<p>World number 43, Russian Audrey Rublev upset eighth-seeded Tsitsipas on 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 7-5 Tuesday and knocked him out and will go on to the second round. </p>
<p>Fourth seed Dominic Thiem, who was dubbed the young gun, went down in four sets to Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2 - meaning Gael Monfils is the highest-ranked player remaining in his quarter of the draw. </p>
<p>What left crowds stunned was the death of 10th seed Roberto Bautista Agut. </p>
<p>The Spanish star made it to the quarter finals of the Australian Open and the semi-finals at Wimbledon this year, however he fell five sets to Mikhail Kukushkin 3-6 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">alright, people. Thiem, Tsitsipas, and RBA all gone. who is making the semifinals out of one of the wildest Grand Slam sections of all time? <a href="https://t.co/K7jdLR5lO0">pic.twitter.com/K7jdLR5lO0</a></p>
— Ricky Dimon (@Dimonator) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dimonator/status/1166463262961131520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
<p>Thiem and Tsitsipas’ incredible losses meant they both had first-round defeats in back-to-back grand slams - similarly to Wimbledon.</p>
<p>Nick Kyrgios who is one of the toughest opponents, will continue on to compete for the championship title. </p>
<p>The 24-year-old Australian has an even wider door to make it to a major semifinal. </p>
<p>The knock out of three of the top ten seeds in the opening rounds could mean Nadal's path to the US open crown becomes much easier.</p>
