Controversial Chichipas was eliminated in the third round of the US Open… 18 years old Alkaras

Stefanos Tsicipas (3rd place, Greece), who caused controversy due to the extraordinarily long time-out time, was eliminated in the men’s singles third round of the US Open tennis tournament (total prize of $57.5 million, about 67.4 billion won).

Chichipas defeated Carlos Alcaras (55th, Spain) 2-3 (3-6 6-4 6-) in the men’s singles third round on the 5th day of the tournament held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA on the 4th (Korea time). 7 6-0 6-7) was lost.

Chichipas defeated Andy Murray (112th, England) 3-2 (2-6 7-6) in the first round of this tournament. 3-6 6-3 6-4), but was embroiled in controversy over the ‘Bathroom Break’ time.

At that time, when Chichipas gave the head 3 sets and it was driven 1-2, it took too much time before entering the 4th set.

Murray did not hide his displeasure in the post-match interview, and even after the interview, he joked on social media that “Chicipas spends twice as much time in the bathroom as Jeff Bezos spent in space.”

Amazon founder Bezos climbed to an altitude of 106 km in July of this year and had a ‘space experience’ near zero gravity for up to 4 minutes.

Here, Alexander Zverev (4th, Germany) also raised his head and said, ‘It seems that Tschipas’ behavior is habitual, and it seems that he even receives instructions for the game strategy through his cell phone from the coach in the bathroom’.

Chichipas played 3-1 (6-3 6-4 6-7) in the second round with Adrian Manarino (44th, France). 6-0), but again, after 3 sets, I had to go to the bathroom for more than 8 minutes and get booed by the fans.

In the end, Chichipas, who lost after a close battle that took 4 hours and 7 minutes in the third round, could not shake off her weakness at the US Open this year.

In all other major tournaments, he has finished at least the round of 16 (4 rounds), but never made it to the round of 16 at the US Open.

Alkaras, who caught Chichipas on this day, was born in 2003 and is an 18-year-old rookie this year.

Alkaras became the youngest player to advance to the men’s singles round of 16 at the US Open in 32 years since Michael Chang (USA) in 1989.

It is the youngest major event in 29 years since Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) at the 1992 French Open.

Chang was 17 years and 6 months old at the time, Medvedev was 17 years and 9 months old, and Alkaras is now 18 years 4 months old.

In addition, Alkaras was also named the youngest player to defeat the top 3 player in the world in a major event in 32 years since its inception in 1989.

At that time, Chang defeated world 1st place Ivan Rendl and 3rd place Stefan Edberg at the 1989 French Open.

On this day too, Chichipas moved to the bathroom after being driven 1-2 by the third set, and this time it took about 5 minutes, which is shorter than the first and second rounds.

After that, he won the 4th set 6-0, and the ‘Operation’ seemed to be successful again, but he gave up the 5th set and went home and used the bathroom to his heart’s content without the booing of the fans.

/yunhap news