Nick Kyrgios ousts Daniil Medvedev 7-6(11) 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the 4th round in New York on Sunday. Kyrgios will square off with Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Nick added to his prize money $ 167,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 445,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 260,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 705,000 in total.
Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Daniil Medvedev U.S. Open – New York
Kyrgios’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-2
2h:53
At the end of the match, Kyrgios scored 128 points vs. Medvedev’s 119.
Kyrgios
Nick served extremely well to win 75% of the points (64/85) behind his first serve. However he won only 46% points (16/35) on his second serve. Nick fired 21 aces and he committed 7 double faults. The Australian was pretty good at converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7).
Medvedev
On the other side, the Russian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kyrgios and Medvedev is 4-1 for Nick.
Draw and next match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Kyrgios will compete against Khachanov in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Nick Kyrgios and Karen Khachanov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kyrgios and Khachanov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian won the set after he broke Daniil in the 6th (4-2) game. Daniil tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Kyrgios stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 11.
Tiebreak
The Australian won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 14th (7-7), 19th (10-9), 23rd (12-11) and 24th (13-11) point. On the other side, Medvedev won 3 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 13th (7-6) and 20th (10-10) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 10-10, 11-10, 11-11, 12-11, 13-11
Kyrgios converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). Kyrgios saved 3 set points when he was 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8 down. In addition on the other side, the Russian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kyrgios won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Russian (46-47). Kyrgios lost 15 points on serve (30-15). On the other side, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (32-16).
Kyrgios had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Medvedev to win the set since Kyrgios succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
Medvedev failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
Medvedev was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Kyrgios was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 53 points. Daniil won 7 points more than Kyrgios (30-23). Medvedev dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Nick conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Daniil lost the 4th game (3-1) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, Kyrgios didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. Kyrgios conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Medvedev (29-23). The Australian conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). On the other side, Medvedev conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Nick in this set was more solid than the Russian and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Daniil in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Kyrgios won 5 consecutive games in the 4th set to convert the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Australian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Medvedev wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 49 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Russian (30-19). Nick conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Daniil conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Casper RuudRuud – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-1 6-2 6-74 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-611 3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (3-6 7-62 6-3 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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