Nick Kyrgios is through to the quarter-finals of the China Open in Beijing after finishing strongly to defeat Mischa Zverev 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday. “I knew it was going to be tough,” said Kyrgios, who struck 11 aces and converted all four of his break point opportunities in the 82-minute win. “He plays a very old-school type of tennis, likes to come forward a lot. “I got broken early in the first. Then I kind of knew I had to loosen up and find my rhythm a little bit. I started serving much better, started just relaxing. I knew I was going to feel pretty comfortable at some stage out there. Obviously just really happy to get through.” Watch...
BELGIUM 1, AUSTRALIA 1 Brussels, Belgium (Indoor Clay) Two Top 25 players on the ATP World Tour stepped up big for their countries on Friday during the Davis Cup semi-final between Belgium and Australia. To start the day, World No. 12 David Goffin came back to beat John Millman 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 to give Belgium a 1-0 lead. Goffin has now won 14 of his past 15 Davis Cup singles matches. His only loss during that stretch came in the 2015 Davis Cup final against Great Britain's Andy Murray. But World No. 20 Nick Kyrgios of Australia evened the semi-final by coming back from two-sets-to-one down to beat Steve Darcis 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2. Belgium is attempting to...
AUSTRALIA vs. BELGIUM Brussels, Belgium (Indoor Clay) World No. 12 David Goffin will try to push Belgium into its second Davis Cup final of the past three years when the Belgians take on Australia in the Davis Cup semi-finals, which start on Friday. Goffin and his countrymen will have their work cut out for them in Brussels. Australia is bringing World No. 20 Nick Kyrgios; John Millman, who's coming off a third-round run at the US Open and will be making his Davis Cup debut; Jordan Thompson, who upset American Jack Sock in New York; and John Peers, No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings. In addition to Goffin, Belgium will be represented by No. 77 Steve Darcis, No....
Nick Kyrgios talks about his ability to bounce back from controversy and finding joy in tennis again in this episode of ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot
Nick Kyrgios can hardly believe the turnaround himself. Three weeks ago, the Aussie was down 6-3, 3-0 against Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. before having to retire from his second-round match at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. because of right shoulder pain. On Sunday, Kyrgios played in his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. “Looking back from where I was... I would have never thought I would have had my first Masters 1000 event final. So I'm pretty happy with the result. From where I was to here, it's just been amazing,” Kyrgios said. The Aussie fell short in his maiden Masters 1000 title match, losing to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov...