MELBOURNE RESULTS. Gritty Nick Kyrgios survives Khachanov in the 3rd round

Nick Kyrgios survives Karen Khachanov 6-2 7-6⁵ 6-7⁶ 6-7⁷ 7-6⁸ in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Kyrgios will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Rafael Nadal in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nick in this set was too good for Khachanov and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Karen in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

The Russian had no answers in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

2^nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the Australian won the breaker at 5.

3^rd set.

The Russian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, The Russian broke back in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 6.

4^th set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Karen won the breaker at 7.

5^th set.

The 5^th set random the decider was a thriller.

Also in this set, the affair went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Nick won the breaker at 8.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Australian scored 191 points vs. Karen’s 185 points.

Nick served extremely well to win 82% of the points (102/125) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (32/61) on his second serve. Kyrgios struck 33 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Kyrgios didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6). On the other side, Khachanov was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Kyrgios and Khachanov is 1-1.

Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Karen Khachanov Australian Open – Melbourne

Kyrgios’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Rafael Nadal – stats

Kyrgios will come up against Nadal in the 4^th

round.

This will be the 8^th time that Nick Kyrgios and Rafael Nadal clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but Kyrgios leads 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Nadal won 6-3 3-6 7-6⁵ 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in London back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – John IsnerIsner (6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei Popyrin
  Popyrin (6-4 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-6² 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – David GoffinGoffin (2-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-2 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-7⁶ 6-7⁷ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Guido PellaPella (7-6⁰ 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-2 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – John MillmanMillman (4-6 7-6² 6-4 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-7³ 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (4-3) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roger FedererFederer (0-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (2-0) – See H2H details
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-3) – See H2H details