NIck Kyrgios stuns world No.1 Daniil Medevedev at the Montreal Masters to set an all-Australian third round with Alex de Minaur.
Montreal, Canada, 11 August 2022 | Vivienne Christie
Montreal, Canada
Nick Kyrgios continued his stunning run of form with a hard-fought victory over world no.1 Daniil Medvedev at the Montreal Masters.
It marked a second win over a reigning world No.1 for Kyrgios, but his first in eight years.
In 2014, a teenage Kyrgios stunned then-No.1 Rafael Nadal to reach a first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon.
Showing impressive resolve in a come-from-behind victory in Montreal, he took just under two hours to progress 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2 against Medvedev.
His first win over a current World No. 1 in 8️⃣ years 🙌
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“I’ve had some success against him in the past and he’s beaten me before so I feel like we know each others’ games well,” said Kyrgios, a winner in two of the three matches he’s played against the Russian.
“I’m not the type of player who goes into these matches looking at rankings or anything like that.
“It’s just who I’m playing and what kind of ball they’re giving me and today I had a very clean objective of how I was going to play– a lot of serve and volley, a lot of aggressive play from the back – and I executed better than he did on the day.
Following his title run last week in Washington, it was an eighth straight match win for the Australian, who again used bis dangerous serve to full effect.
Firing 12 aces against four double faults, Kyrgios faced only two break points and saved both.
It sets up an all-Australian third round with Alex de Minaur, who claimed a 6-4 7-5 win over Grigor Dimitrov.
Aussies in action – Montreal
RESULTS
Men’s singles, second round
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d [1] Daniil Medvedev 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2
Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [15] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 7-6(6) 7-5
Men’s doubles, first round
Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Cameron Norrie (GBR) v [Alt] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)/Diego Schwartzman (ARG)
COMING UP
Men’s doubles, second round
John Peers (AUS)/Dan Evans (GBR) v TBC
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