Kyrgios Medvedev type in Rogers Cup
Kyrgios won one of the biggest matches this year, before the opponent was at the top of the ATP transcript. The Australian player won 14 in the last 15 matches, with the only defeat in this chain was at the hands of Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.
Kyrgios took advantage of the gameplay on the net for more than two hours, raising the Medvedev to 3-1. Both come to Montreal with high form, just won the first title of the year in the tournament last week. But, Kyrgios proved more durable than Medvedev in the fourth face to face juniors. The defensive left cuts and suddenly attacked Kyrgios many times scoring.
Medvedev as usual backwards the serve and mainly hit the end of the field. The ability to keep the ball helps the Russian player to save two set-point, then win the first 7-2 tie-break series. But, Medvedev started the set of two slowly and lost to the first gaming game. No break-point appears in the remaining nine games of this set, helping Kyrgios win 6-4.
Medvedev misses two break-point in the first ball game of Set Ba, then makes mistakes in the third gaming game. He was attacked by Kyrgios right after the second serve, then lost in the second break-point. The only scoring after 5 times on this set makes Medvedev miss the chances of winning the game. During the match, the Russian tennis player won only 9 points after 24 times of attacking. Kyrgios scored 32 points after 48 the same opportunity.
Medvedev was led 0-40 before losing the fourth gaming game, led 2-5. The Russian player surrendered to the last ball, let Kyrgios score four consecutive points and end the match. The convincing victory of the Wimbledon runner -up when he scored more Winner points and made fewer errors.
"I missed a few favorable scoring situations that made me pay the price," Medvedev admitted after the match. "But above all, Kyrgios played very well and won completely."
Kyrgios for the second time in the world's number one player, after the first victory of Rafael Nadal in Wimbledon 2014. He will meet his compatriot Alex De Minaur in the third round. If the Rogers Cup championship, Kyrgios will climb to the number 15 in the world and 9 on the ranking table to win the ATP Finals tickets.
Before the reigning champion of Medvedev was eliminated, the number two seeds Carlos Alcaraz soon stopped in the second round when losing to Tommy Paul after three sets. Andrey Rublev, Matteo Berrettini and Diego Schwartzman also left the game in the first rounds.
