Nick Kyrgios had a fantastic start to his Wimbledon campaign after he defeated Ugo Humbert 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-1 9-7. The entertaining Australian has not played matchup for the last 18 months because he didn’t feel like traveling around the world during the pandemic. Nevertheless, Kyrgios showed off great resilience against the Frenchman to win the match across 2 days after the encounter was suspended in day 1 because of the curfew.
About Serena Willams’ injury
This year, the conditions in Wimbledon are rather slippery and many players fell down multiple times. Unfortunately, there have been a couple of nasty falls that cost the tournament to Adrian Mannarino and Serena Williams. Kyrgios also fell during his match, but fortunately, there were no consequences for him.
Nick Kyrgios commented:
“Obviously it’s devastating to see some big names go out due to an injury like slipping on the court. Mannarino was putting on a great match against Federer. Obviously seeing Serena, the legend, go down, it’s not easy. I’m very lucky it wasn’t nothing too severe.”
Nick Kyrgios will come up against the world no.77 Gianluca Mager in the 2nd round on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Court 3. In the past, they have never played each other as of now in top competitions.
The Australian will also play mixed doubles with Venus Williams.
Kyrgios in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently the world no.60, the Australian owns a compiled 5-2 match record in 2021. Nick is playing at the moment in Wimbledon where he bested Ugo Humbert 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-1 9-7.
The Australian won 6 titles in his career: 5 on hard courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Serena Williams in 2021
Now ranked no.8, the American played her last match on the 29th of June when she had to retire when playing against world no.100 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st round and the scoreline was 3-3 .
At the moment, during this season Serena Williams owns an overall 12-5 record. Serena Williams’s best accomplishment of this year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open.
Venus Williams in 2021
At the moment ranked no.111, the American played her last match on the 30th of June when she was defeated by world no.24 Ons Jabeur 7-5 6-0 in the 2nd round of the Wimbledon (draw).
Currently, during this season Venus Williams has a 3-8 win-loss record.
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