Berserker to bonafide contender: Is this the summer of Nick Kyrgios after Citi Open win ahead of US Open?

09.08.2022 - 11:39 eurosport.com

Once upon a time, Nick Kyrgios was seen as a berserker: capable of destroying a draw with a devastating performance against a top seed but equally capable of self-imploding at any time against any player in the draw.

He was like a firecracker; loud, explosive, sometimes spectacular, but (usually) shortlived. These days, he’s burning brighter than ever.

Kyrgios is enjoying a career-best year. Ad He’s made the semi-finals or better at five of his last six tournaments, including reaching the Wimbledon final and winning the Citi Open in Washington DC on Sunday.

He only missed out on the chance to make it six from six due to injury in Mallorca. TennisFederer at 41: What's next? Will he play the US Open?12 HOURS AGO His rocket serve looks better than ever; in DC he wasn’t broken all week and he finished the tournament with 96 aces.

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When Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios squared off in the Australian Open junior final back in 2013, and won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title together a few months later, no one would have expected they would have to wait another nine years before they played each other in a tour-level match. The Aussie duo are good friends and have formed a formidable doubles partnership this season, which saw them clinch the Australian Open crown in January, along with the title in Atlanta last month. Ad They haven’t been on opposite sides of the net on a match court since a Challenger meeting Kyrgios won in 2014, but that will change on Monday night in New York when they face off on Arthur Ashe stadium in a highly-anticipated US Open first round.

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