• Mohamed Lahyani leaves umpire’s chair to gee up Australian
• Roger Federer beats Benoît Paire in straight sets
Nick Kyrgios was saved from himself and from possible expulsion from the US Open on day four when the respected chair umpire, Mohamed Lahyani, broke with convention to comfort and warn the emotional young Australian about tanking during his second-round match against Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
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Written by Kevin Mitchell at Flushing Meadows
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/30/nick-kyrgios-umpire-roger-federer-us-open-tennis under the title “US Open: Nick Kyrgios gets pep talk from umpire to set up Federer clash”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
