You can agree or not with his way of being, but it is undeniable that Nick Kyrgios is a spectacular tennis player. He has a way of playing that borders on indolence, one would say that he is an excess, but what he has left is quality and blows. The Australian had not played an official match since the third round of the Australian Open, away from the slopes due to the inconveniences of the coronavirus pandemic, which do not convince him. And at Wimbledon, against Frenchman Ugo Humbert, 21st favorite, whom he had just beaten this year in Melbourne, a great match was scored. to go back in two days and win by 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1 and 9-7 in a duel that lasted three hours and 26 minutes and that was interrupted on Tuesday by the midnight rule (there can be no activity from that time in the tournament to preserve the rest of the neighbors).
Kyrgios, who prevailed in the fourth set, closed it at the restart, this Wednesday, and finally knocked down a rival who is going to dream of him. The wayward Australian had won a game the day before with four aces in 43 seconds, three fewer than Djokovic used to close out his win over Draper. He will face Italian Gianluca Mager in the second round, who beat Argentine Londero 7-6 (3), 6-0, 4-6 and 6-3.
Matteo Berrettini, champion a few days ago at Queen's, maintains his streak after beating Argentine Guido Pella in four sets (6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-0 in 2:16). The Italian placed 47 winners to beat his rival, who had only one break option and converted it. He will face the Dutch Van de Zandschulp. The Frenchman also advanced, although with much suffering Gael Monfils, who needed five sets to overcome Australian Christopher O'Connell (4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6 and 6-4 in 3:25), in another of the duels that stopped on Tuesday due to lack of light. Monfils will see them with the Spanish Pedro Martínez.
Felix Auger-Aliassime (16th) did not complicate to win by a triple 6-3 in 2:07 against Brazilian Thiago Monteiro and will meet the Swede Mikael Ymer, who dismounted the French veteran in low hours, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7-5, 6-7 (4), 5-7, 6-4 and 6-3 at 4:00). Diego Schwartzman (9th) had to sweat to get rid of Briton Liam Broady 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 and 6-4 in 3:13. His rival went up a lot to the net and put him in difficulties until with the passage of minutes the Argentine settled down and dominated the game. Now, already in the third round, it is the dangerous Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. Andrei Rublev (5th) reached the third round of Wimbledon for the first time after beating co-complicated South African Lloyd Harris (6-1, 6-2 7-5 in 1:22). The Russian's next opponent is an illustrious Italian Fabio Fognini.
Ruud and Karatsev, eliminated
Among the favorites, Casper Ruud (12th) and Aslan Karatsev (20th) failed this Wednesday. The Norwegian was surprised by the Australian Jordan Thompson (7-6 (6), 7-6 (3), 2-6, 2-6 and 6-2 in 4:03), who will face the Japanese Kei Nishikori , who could with another aussie, Alexei Popyrin (triple 6-4). The Russian fell clearly to the French Jeremy Chardy (7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) and 6-3 in 2:27). He will be the one who crosses paths with Ilya Ivashka.
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