Nick Kyrgios aces Mikael Ymer 7-6(4) 6-3 in the semifinal in Washington on Saturday. Kyrgios is going to play against Yoshihito Nishioka in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. The Australian won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 87,985 after winning this match. He has won already $ 182,825 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nick will add $ 159,975 to his earnings to get in total $ 342,800 in total.
Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Mikael Ymer Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 72 points vs. the Swede’s 59.
Kyrgios
The Australian served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (36/47) behind his first serve, and he won 79% points (15/19) on his second serve. Kyrgios struck 10 aces without committing any double fault. Kyrgios won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Ymer
On the other side, Mikael wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kyrgios and Ymer is 1-0 for Nick.
Draw and next match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – stats
Kyrgios will play Nishioka in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Nick Kyrgios and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Kyrgios (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, the Australian won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Australian won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Mikael won a minibreak in the 7th (3-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Nick didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 80 points. Nick was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Swede (43-37). The Australian lost 8 points on serve (30-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Ymer conceded 13 points on serve (29-13).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Kyrgios conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Kyrgios converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Nick didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Ymer (29-22). Kyrgios lost 7 points on serve (21-7). In addition, on the other side, the Swede conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Mikael YmerYmer (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-3) – H2H details and stats