ATP Halle – Nick Kyrgios wins despite freaking out against Stefanos Tsitsipas – Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16

The world number one beat Belgian David Goffin 6:3, 6:2 in 64 minutes. In the second round, the 26-year-old Russian will play against Ilya Ivashka, who kicked Jan-Lennard Struff out of the tournament 3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 5).

Kyrgios meets the Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta in the round of the last eight, who prevailed in the second round 6: 4, 0: 6, 6: 3 against the American Sebastian Korda.

Kyrgios got upset several times in his match against Tsitsipas and kept walking on the verge of a warning.

“My box kept me in there,” he said afterwards in an interview: “Stef served well. My team really carried me over the hurdle today. In the meantime I thought about giving up, I was frustrated and Stef was fine. But somehow they got me taken out of there.”

ATP Halle: Defending champion Humbert eliminated

On the other hand, defending champion Ugo Humbert was eliminated.

The French lost to the Pole Hubert Hurkacz, 2021 semi-finalist in Wimbledon and winner of the Masters in Miami, 6: 7 (5: 7), 3: 6. Hurkacz moved into the quarterfinals.

For Medvedev, after the exclusion of Russian players in Wimbledon (from June 27), Halle is the highlight of the grass season.

Otte on Thursday against Serbs

The only German professional in the round of 16 in Halle is Oscar Otte from Cologne, who after beating the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic on Thursday will play against the Georgian Nikolos Bassilashvili.

The two-time finalist Alexander Zverev (Hamburg) had canceled his participation due to injury.

(with SID)