MELBOURNE RESULTS. Nick Kyrgios downs Simon in the 2nd round

Nick Kyrgios overcomes Gilles Simon 6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Kyrgios will square off with Karen Khachanov in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kyrgios had a great start in this set after breaking Simon in the 1^st game (1-0). Nick managed to boost his lead after breaking the French Player in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

2^nd set.

Kyrgios was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Simon in the 1^st game (1-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for the Australian to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

3^rd set.

Kyrgios had a favorable start in this set after breaking Simon in the 1^st game (1-0). However, the French Player succeeded in coming back to break Kyrgios in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Nick was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

4^th set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 11^th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kyrgios scored 121 points vs. Gilles’s 105 points.

The Australian served very well to win 78% of the points (59/76) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (19/34) on his second serve. The Australian fired 28 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Australian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, the French Player was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Kyrgios and Simon is 2-0 for Nick.

Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Gilles Simon Australian Open – Melbourne

Kyrgios’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Karen Khachanov – stats

Kyrgios will compete against Khachanov in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Nick Kyrgios and Karen Khachanov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Khachanov won 6-7³ 7-6⁴ 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kevin AndersonAnderson (4-6 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (4-6 7-6⁸ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-2 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikael YmerYmer (6-2 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-4 6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andreas SeppiSeppi (4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁵ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-1 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Richard BerankisBerankis (7-6² 4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-6⁴ 6-1 3-6 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-7³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Guido PellaPella – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-1 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6⁷ 6-4 4-6 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-7⁶ 3-6 6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Michael MmohMmoh (5-7 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-2 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-0) – See H2H details
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-2) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – See H2H details
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roger FedererFederer (0-2) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – See H2H details