INCREDIBLE. Nick Kyrgios saves 2 MPs before beating Humbert in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kyrgios hustles Humbert to face Dominic Thiem in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios beats Ugo Humbert 5-7 6-4 3-6 7-62 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Kyrgios will play against Dominic Thiem in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 25 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Kyrgios's Record

Nick added to his prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nick will add $ 105,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

Kyrgios was glad about the outcome of the match. He commented:

“Honestly, I don’t know how I did that. I don’t even know what to say. I am lost for words. That is one of the craziest matches I have ever played

I haven’t played for a year and he has been playing some great tennis last year. The one thing I probably have on him right now is experience. I have just drawn from experience so much on this court… I’ve had so many experiences and I just had to draw on that, put my head down and just try to make him play.”

Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Ugo Humbert Australian Open – Melbourne

Kyrgios’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kyrgios
Humbert
Nick Kyrgios
5-7 6-4 3-6
7-62 6-4
3h:25
Ugo Humbert
162
162
Total points
159
159
83
83
Winners
91
91
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
57%
57%
43
43
Unforced
39
39
52%
52%
Ratio Unforced
48%
48%
20/32
20/32
Net Approaches
15/29
15/29
63%
63%
Perc
52%
52%
-- Serve --
30
30
Aces
27
27
5
5
Double Faults
4
4
68%
68%
1st in
69%
69%
80%
80%
1st won
78%
78%
83/104
83/104
1st won
91/117
91/117
50%
50%
2nd won
44%
44%
24/48
24/48
2nd won
23/52
23/52
221
221
Fastest serve
207
207
195
195
AVG 1st Serve
187
187
169
169
AVG 2nd Serve
152
152
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
3/5
3/5
33%
33%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Kyrgios scored 162 points vs. the French player’s 159.

Kyrgios

Nick served very well to win 80% of the points (83/104) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (24/48) on his second serve. Kyrgios struck 30 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The Australian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Humbert

On the other side, Ugo was effective at converting 60% of the break points that he conquered points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Dominic Thiem – stats

Kyrgios will square off with Thiem in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Nick Kyrgios and Dominic Thiem square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Thiem won 4-3 ret. in the 2nd round in Nice back in 2015.

Nick Kyrgios Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ugo conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

They played 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ugo won just 2 more points than Nick (35-33). Humbert conceded 9 points on serve (25-9). On the losing side, Nick conceded 10 points on serve (24-10).

2nd Set -
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nick grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

They played 64 points. Nick was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Humbert (35-29). The Australian conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).

3rd Set -
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Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ugo conquered in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Humbert didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. The French player won 13 points more than Kyrgios (30-17). Ugo was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

4th Set -
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Thiem took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Kyrgios in the 1st game (1-0). However, Kyrgios managed to stage a great comeback to break Ugo in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Humbert won a minibreak in the 8th (2-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-c

They played 79 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Ugo (42-37). Kyrgios surrendered 10 points on serve (25-10). In addition, on the other side, Humbert conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).

5th Set -
Humbert 0-0

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kyrgios snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

They contested 59 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the French player (35-24). Nick was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (22-4). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).

 

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