{"id":328190,"date":"2023-09-03T22:51:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=328190"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:00:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:00:56","slug":"aussie-pockets-440k-loses-it-at-spidercam-shocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=328190","title":{"rendered":"Aussie pockets $440k, loses it at Spidercam 'shocker'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rising Australian star Rinky Hijikata<\/a> is walking away from Flushing Meadows a rich man, and with plenty in the tennis<\/a> world talking.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old bowed out of the men's singles draw with a straight sets loss to Frances Tiafoe<\/a>, but his fourth-round appearance was by far his best result at a grand slam.<\/p>\n

Hijikata pockets about $440,000 (AUD) for his US Open<\/a> performances, where he beat Pavel Kotov, Marton Fucsovics, and Zhang Zhizhen before falling to No.10 seed Tiafoe 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 on Monday morning (AEST).<\/p>\n

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Aussie tennis great Todd Woodbridge also revealed Hijikata will jump from 110 to 80 in the world rankings following the tournament.<\/p>\n

\"Rinky<\/p>\n

\ufeff"The experience that has been garnered for him is only going to take him further and further," Woodbridge said after Monday's loss.<\/p>\n

Nine commentator Brenton Speed added: "\ufeffHe's learned so much over the last week and a half. A big payday for the young Australian".<\/p>\n

Hijikata attracted plenty of attention at last year's US Open when he won a first set against Spanish champion Rafael Nadal, before losing in a dogfight.<\/p>\n

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He went much deeper this time around, and now the tennis world is on notice.<\/p>\n

He was gallant against Tiafoe but lacked some class as the American fan favourite largely dominated the second and third sets.<\/p>\n

\ufeffEarly in the third set Hijikata became distracted while losing a point on serve, and immediately approached the chair umpire.<\/p>\n

\"'Frustrated'<\/p>\n

"\ufeffThat's a shocker," Hijikata could be heard saying.<\/p>\n

"An absolute shocker.<\/p>\n

"I'm getting chopped as it is, I don't need that happening."\ufeff<\/p>\n

Nine commentator Speed wasn't sure what the complaint was, but revealed it may have been related to an overhead camera.<\/p>\n

"He's getting annoyed here… I'm not exactly sure, I think it's the camera distracting him\ufeff there," Speed said.<\/p>\n

"I think he was annoyed and saying 'I should \ufeffget a replay of the point because the camera was in my eyeline'… the overhead camera, the Spidercam."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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