Nick Kyrgios was one of the tennis players who was affected by the suspensions of the matches of the day on Tuesday at Wimbledon. While most of the matches had to be suspended due to lack of light or rain, the Australian's match against Frenchman Ugo Humbert on Court 1 he was stopped with 3-3 in the fifth set because of the rule that prevents playing at Wimbledon after 23:00 local time (midnight in Spain).
In his first official tournament in five months (he has not competed since the last Australian Open), and the first in 18 months outside of Australia, Kyrgios noticed the lack of rhythm against Ugo Humbert since, despite winning the first set 6-4, Humbert turned the game around and won the next two sets 4-6 and 3-6. Kyrgios managed to survive and win the fourth 6-1 to force the fifth and final set, where both tennis players marched 3-3 before the suspension of the match and in which the Australian managed to take the 9-7 victory in the decisive set after the resumption of the match this Wednesday.
However, with Kyrgios the criticism of the Australian tennis player also returned, who this time took it with the grass of Track 1 at Wimbledon. “For those of you who are watching us at home, this should be fast. This is a grass court and this is not. It is very slow, very slow. They have made it slow. It is not grass anymore, just kidding. Try it. wet it, make a grass track again, thank you “, reported the Australian during a break in the game.
After winning Humbert, Kyrgios returns to action this Thursday at Wimbledon with his second-round match against Italy's Gianluca Mager in the last turn of the day on Track 3. We will see if the grass on this court is better suited to the characteristics of the Australian, who wants to continue advancing phases at Wimbledon, his favorite tournament.