Nick Kyrgios survives Gilles Simon 6-4 7-65 in the 2nd round in Washington on Wednesday after conquering a big battle. Kyrgios will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Yoshihito Nishioka in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Nick conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
The Australian won the set after he broke the French Player in the 3rd (2-1) game. The French Player tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nevertheless, Kyrgios maintained the focus before winning the set at the following breaker at 5.
At the end of the match, Kyrgios scored 73 points vs. the French Player’s 69 points.
Kyrgios served exceptionally well to win 89% of the points (42/47) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 37% points (11/30) on his second serve. The Australian blasted 24 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Nick won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Simon was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 14% of his break points (1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Kyrgios and Simon is 1-0 for Nick.
Next Match: Nick Kyrgios vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – H2H and stats
Kyrgios will face Nishioka in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Nick Kyrgios and Yoshihito Nishioka play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kyrgios (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kyrgios won 7-5 7-63 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2018.
