Nick Kyrgios and Pablo Carreno-Busta are probably not best friends. A couple of years ago (September 2020), for some reason Nick had a shot at Pablo Carreno-Busta wrongly say that without clay courts tournaments, the Spaniard would not be even close to being a top 50 player. Besides the fact that it is not nice to have a blast at a colleague, his statement was also wrong because Pablo Carreno-Busta is probably better at playing on hard courts than on clay.
Pablo has just won his first ATP 1000 in Montreal, a tournament that is played indeed on hard courts. Obviously, Kyrgios was targeted by many users on Twitter for his post. The official account of “We Are Tennis” (163k followers) made a comparison between Nick Kyrgios (0 ATP1000 titles and 0 slam semis on hard court) vs. Carreno-Busta (1 ATP1000 titles and 2 slam semis on hard court).
The H2H
Nick Kyrgios did not miss the chance to comment on this post, saying that day he is fine and anyway, his head-to-head record against the Spaniard is “a laugh.”
Nick Kyrgios and Pablo Carreno-Busta played each other 3 times. Their head to head is 3-0 for Kyrgios. Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Nick Kyrgios won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Halle (Noventi Open) on the 17th of June 2022.
Here the highlights.
📸 Nick Kyrgios, about Pablo Carreño Busta, September 2020.
Carreño Busta on hard courts, now
M1000 🏆: 1
Slam semis: 2Kyrgios on hard courts, now
M1000 🏆: 0
Slam semis: 0Karma 😬 pic.twitter.com/jxRGi6e1cZ
— We Are Tennis (@WeAreTennis) August 15, 2022
Nick Kyrgios in 2022
Currently ranked no.28, Kyrgios played his last match on the 12th of August when he capitulated to world no.10 Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-1 in the quarter in Montreal (draw).
Presently, during this year the Australian achieved a 30-8 match record. This year, Nick conquered 1 tournament in Washington. Kyrgios got to the final in Wimbledon.
Kyrgios will compete next in U.S. Open (U.S. Open). He will start from the main draw on the 29th of August.
Pablo Carreno-Busta in 2022
LWLLLWL Now the world no.14, the Spaniard played his last match on the 14th of August when he defeated world no.10 Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the final in Montreal to win his 7th career title.
Currently, during this season Pablo has managed to achieve a composed 28-17 win-loss record. Pablo conquered 1 title in Montreal. Carreno-Busta got to the final in Barcelona.
Carreno-Busta will compete next in Winston (Winston-Salem Open). He will commence the tournament from the main draw on the 21st of August. He is also scheduled to play in U.S. Open (U.S. Open). The main draw will start on the 29th of August.
Nick Kyrgios and Pablo Carreno-Busta |
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