Nick Kyrgios surprises Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 3-6 7-67 in the semifinal in Washington on Saturday. Kyrgios will have to play Daniil Medvedev in the final.
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 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Kyrgios commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Greek managed to stage a good comeback to break the Australian in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
A crucial moment of the match was when the Greek won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.
3rd set.
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Kyrgios won the breaker at 7.
After this contest, the head to head between Kyrgios and Tsitsipas is 1-0 for Nick.
Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Citi Open – Washington
Next Match: Nick Kyrgios vs. Daniil Medvedev – H2H and stats
Kyrgios will fight against Medvedev in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Nick Kyrgios and Daniil Medvedev play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kyrgios (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kyrgios won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Rome back in May 2019.
