Nick Kyrgios crossed the barrier Alexander Davidovich in the first round of ATP Masters 1000 de Cincinnati by beating the Spaniard 7-5 6-4 in a match where he started with some physical discomfort in his left foot, but ended up embroidering tennis and executing attacking tennis to perfection to show again that he is in a great moment in form and that, if his physique holds him up, he will be a rival to fear both in Cincinnati and at the US Open.
The match began with both players dominating their services, until the fifth game, the Australian began to suffer from some physical problems. He complained of discomfort in his left foot, which led him to do some unusual blows, complicating his serve games, but this is what Kyrgios has, that despite not being 100%, he is able to continue holding on a set, only sustained by his service and the ease of finding winners from any side of the court.
Thus, it seemed that we were heading inevitably to the tiebreak, until Nick put his batteries in the eleventh game and scored three returns to the line that gave him a break at the right time. That’s how Kyrgios is, he makes you look like he can’t play, and he ends the heat playing very offensive tennis with almost no mistakes, because the Australian only made 9 unforced errors compared to 7 by Davidovich, who was very upset at losing the heat. in a game where perhaps he could have done more with his serve.
The man from Malaga felt the blow, starting the second set with another break as soon as it started. At this point in the game, Nick began to play the best tennis of the game and land impossible shots, only within the reach of a select few. In this way, he began to put some distance on the scoreboard against a Davidovich who again had a break ball against him, barely saved, to avoid a 0-3 against with a double break that would have left him in a very bad position in the match.
Saving that break point was going to allow him to return to the set, thanks to a little mental mess of Kyrgios with his box, recriminating them that they were not supporting him in a difficult moment with his service and that made the Spaniard take advantage of the situation and equalize two the set. That reactivated Nick, who scored an absolutely brutal game on the rest, returning everything and connecting winners from impossible places, achieving a break that would already be definitive.
Although Alex tried, it was too far a distance to go, with Nick very focused on his serve. The Australian, in this way, gets into the second round, where he will not have an easy rival either, since he will have to face each other with Taylor Fritz. That’s what the summer hard court M1000s have, that being teams of 64 tennis players, you have very complicated rivals from the first two rounds. At the moment, despite what happened in Montreal and at the beginning of this match, where Kyrgios was seen to be a little fair physically, he is still sweet enough to be one of the men to watch in this tournament.
