'Making serve-volley cool again' - How 'mesmerising' Nick Kyrgios stunned Daniil Medvedev in Montreal

Nick Kyrgios is not just playing great tennis, he’s also playing clever, tactically smart tennis. The 27-year-old has been on fire this summer, beating world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev at the Canadian Open to claim his 14th win from his last 15 matches.

Ad The key to Kyrgios’ success has been his huge serve, which statistically has been the best on the ATP Tour this season – before this week he led the tour in service games won (94.42%) and had held 73 service games in a row before being broken in the first round in Montreal. ATP MontrealDraper stuns third seed Tsitsipas in Montreal — 'This is why I put in the hard work'4 HOURS AGO Against Medvedev, he showed another facet to his game as he backed up his strong serving, and exploited his opponent’s deep serve position, by consistently serve and volleying. Kyrgios won 32 of 48 net points, saved the two break points he faced and won three service games in under 60 seconds.

“I came out today with a serve and volley tactic almost every point, I didn’t want to give him any rhythm,” Kyrgios, who is now at No. 31 in the live ATP rankings, told Tennis Channel. “He is playing pretty well, I wanted to break that and come out with a completely different tactic.

I haven’t played like that in a while, just serve and volleying. “I feel like on my serve if I am hitting my spots and playing the right way it’s really hard to break me. I have so much confidence in that now that I’m letting loose in return games a bit.