Edmund beats Kyrgios in the 1st round of the Coupe Rogers

Kyle Edmund ousts Nick Kyrgios 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Montreal on Tuesday. Edmund is going to play against Daniil Medvedev in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Kyle conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Edmund conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

At the end of the match, the Brit scored 61 points vs. Nick’s 46 points.

Kyle served exceptionally well to win 92% of the points (33/36) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. The Brit fired 15 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Brit was pretty effective in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4). On the other side, Kyrgios wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Edmund and Kyrgios is 1-1.

Kyrgios’ Interview

After the match, Nick explained “I’m a little bit tired. Physically I actually feel like I’m OK.

Kyle played well, served well and didn’t really give me any rhythm into the match at all. Tonight was challenging, I was actually really looking forward to playing. But I just got beaten by a better player today.”

Next Match: Kyle Edmund vs. Daniil Medvedev – H2H and stats

Edmund will come up against Medvedev in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Kyle Edmund and Daniil Medvedev fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Edmund (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Edmund won 6-4 6-0 in the 1^st round in Madrid back in 2018.