Kyrgios beats the best in the world: the Australian eliminated Medvedev from the Canadian Master 1000 | Sports

Nick Kyrgios hit the Canadian Masters 1000, where he comfortably beat Russian world number one Daniil Medvedev and became the virtual favorite to win the tournament in Montreal.

the australian Nick Kyrgios shot down the Russian on Wednesday daniil medvedevworld number 1, by imposing 6-7(2), 6-4 and 6-2 in his Masters 1000 debut in Montreal, Canada.

Kyrgios, was crowned Sunday in Washington with his first title of the season and in addition, he extended his great moment in front of a Medvedev who came to this tournament as the current champion and having triumphed three days ago in Los Cabos.

australian, Number 37 in the world rankings, he avenged the defeat Medvedev inflicted on him at this year’s Australian Open and toppled the Russian in two hours of play. Raised to fourteen his number of victories in the last fifteen meetings. His only defeat came against the Serbian Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.

Medvedev, who is now 20-6 on fast surfaceswas fired in the first round but is sure to retain the top spot in the world rankings for at least one more week. The Russian had taken a valuable lead in the first set tiebreaker, winning with authority 7-2 after saving two set points for Kyrgios at 4-5.

He had put the meeting downhill, but the oceanic reacted forcefully and took advantage of the first and only break opportunity of the second set to take Medvedev’s serve in the first game. He defended his serve with authority and tied the match at 6-4.

The decisive set became a recital for the Australian, in his eighth appearance in the Canadian tournament. He achieved a “break” in the fifth and seventh games and He had no trouble condemning the duel with a 6-2, keeping his serve to love.

In the round of 16, Kyrgios will face the winner of the match between the Australians Alex DeMinaure and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

The defeat of Medvedev performed on a Wednesday when the big surprise the american gave it tommy paulworld number 34, who knocked down the Spaniard Carlos Alcarazfourth in the world and second favorite on Canadian soil.

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