Nick Kyrgios upsets Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart on Thursday. Kyrgios will try to keep the momentum against Marton Fucsovics in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nick scored 101 points vs. the Georgean’s 85.
Kyrgios
Kyrgios served pretty well to win 83% of the points (49/59) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (18/26) on his second serve. Nick fired 20 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Nick won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Basilashvili
On the other side, Nikoloz wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Kyrgios and Basilashvili is 2-0 for Nick.
Draw and next match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Marton Fucsovics – stats
Kyrgios will compete against Fucsovics in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Nick Kyrgios and Marton Fucsovics square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kyrgios (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Nikoloz won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Georgean won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Nick won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Basilashvili wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, Nick was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, Basilashvili won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Nick (45-46). Basilashvili dropped 16 points on serve (34-16). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (30-11).
Kyrgios was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 1st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for the Australian to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Kyrgios converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Kyrgios didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Kyrgios was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Basilashvili (28-20). Kyrgios was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the court, Nikoloz conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Kyrgios won the set after he broke the Georgean in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Georgean was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Australian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kyrgios didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Kyrgios conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Basilashvili (27-20). Kyrgios was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, the Georgean conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-5 6-77 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-62 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-74 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-66 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-63 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-2 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Andy MurrayMurray (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H details and stats