We’ve officially seen it all.
Tennis fans have completely lost their minds over the sight of a rogue fan’s antics during the US Open quarterfinal between Nick Kyrgios and Karen Khachanov on Wednesday (AEST).
The big serving duo traded aces in the first set, which Khachanov won 7-5 after breaking Kyrgios’ serve late in the set.
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But as the match settled into its groove, attention quickly turned to a bizarre stunt occurring in the first couple of rows in the crowd at New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium.
A man, who was quickly identified as YouTuber JiDion, was spotted getting a haircut while wearing a Louis Vuitton cape.
“We’ve got a guy getting a haircut a couple of seats away with the Louis Vuitton cape for the haircut,” the commentator said.
US tennis legend John McEnroe added: “Seems like a weird time to do that. Now we’ve seen everything.”
JiDion has pulled the same stunt at an NBA game in the past, but viewers still couldn’t believe he did it in the middle of a high-stakes tennis match at a grand slam.
Racquet Magazine’s Ben Rothenberg said: “This is a deeply weird, deeply great schtick, I gotta say.”
But the fun ended when JiDion was later escorted out of Arthur Ashe Stadium for being a disturbance.
Also spotted in the crowd was comedian and talk show host Trevor Noah, but he was much better behaved and minded his own business.
Early in the first set, Kyrgios started stretching and shaking his left leg, muttering under his breath.
And immediately after losing the opening set, the 27-year-old Aussie called for a medic.
“I can’t walk without pain,” he was overheard saying.
The first set seemed destined to go to a tie-break until Kyrgios gifted his opponent a break point at 5-6 with an unforced error, and Khachanov made no mistakes.
Kyrgios immediately called for a medic after losing the first set.
“I can’t walk without pain,” he was overheard saying.
He also told his box: “I don’t want to f****** play through this s***.”
Former world No. 4 Jelena Dokic described the Kyrgios’ body language as “flat”.
“It looks a little bit more muscular as opposed to being structural which comes from a bit of wear and tear,” Woodbridge said of Kyrgios’ injury.
But Kyrgios fought back to snare an early break of serve in the second set, which he went on to win 6-4 to level the match.
He started putting on a show for the vocal spectators, pulling off a tweener before his backhand winner prevented a game point for Khachanov.
Thankfully for Kyrgios, not many rallies are lasting longer than three or four shots, meaning it hasn’t been a taxing contest thus far.
Kyrgios brought the crowd to its feet after executing an absurd drop-shot at 5-4 to put himself within touching distance of winning the second set.
And after botching two set points, Kyrgios got the job done to even the scores in New York.
