Daniil Medvedev tops Kyrgios in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Medvedev topples Kyrgios to fight against Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Nick Kyrgios

Daniil Medvedev defeats Nick Kyrgios 7-6(1) 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Medvedev will face Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Medvedev
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Medvedev's Record

Medvedev added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Nick Kyrgios Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Medvedev
Kyrgios
Daniil Medvedev
7-61 6-4 4-6
6-2
2h:58
Nick Kyrgios
134
134
Total points
113
113
67
67
Winners
67
67
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
59%
59%
29
29
Unforced
31
31
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
20/36
20/36
Net Approaches
24/43
24/43
56%
56%
Perc
56%
56%
-- Serve --
31
31
Aces
17
17
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
66%
66%
1st in
71%
71%
85%
85%
1st won
74%
74%
67/79
67/79
1st won
67/91
67/91
50%
50%
2nd won
38%
38%
20/40
20/40
2nd won
14/37
14/37
213
213
Fastest serve
225
225
197
197
AVG 1st Serve
201
201
154
154
AVG 2nd Serve
156
156
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
2/9
2/9
36%
36%
Won
22%
22%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 134 points vs. the Australian’s 113.

Medvedev

Daniil served extremely well to win 85% of the points (67/79) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (20/40) on his second serve. The Russian struck 31 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Daniil won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Kyrgios

On the other side, the Australian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Kyrgios is 1-2 for Nick.

Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats

Medvedev will fight against Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Daniil Medvedev and Botic Van De Zandschulp clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Daniil Medvedev Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Daniil won the set after he broke Kyrgios in the 3rd (2-1) game. Kyrgios tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, Daniil kept the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 1.

Tiebreak

The Russian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.

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

 

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Daniil conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

They contested 64 points. Medvedev conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Kyrgios (34-30). The Russian dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Kyrgios grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Kyrgios was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kyrgios didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Nick won just 3 points more than Medvedev (27-24). Kyrgios surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, the Russian conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).

Daniil in this set was in much better shape than the Australian and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Nick in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Kyrgios was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

The Russian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Nick wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They contested 44 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Nick (29-15). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (18-4). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

 

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