Nick Kyrgios ‘stunning’ in win over Daniil Medvedev and will be tough to stop at US Open, says Alex Corretja

Eurosport tennis expert Alex Corretja says Nick Kyrgios stunned the whole tennis world with his dominant four-set victory over world No. 1 and defending US Open champion Daniil Medvedev on Sunday night.

Kyrgios ended Medvedev’s reign with a supreme display and now faces Karen Khachanov next for a place in the semi-finals in New York. Ad Medvedev will lose his No.

1 ranking as a result of the defeat, while Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios looks well placed once more to reach the final of a Grand Slam. US Open‘Boneheaded play’ – Kyrgios loses bizarre point after rushing to Medvedev’s side to play shotAN HOUR AGO The Australian, chasing a maiden Grand Slam triumph, crucially edged the first set 13-11 in the tie-break, and from there he battled back from dropping the second set – and playing a bizarre shot in the third set – to win 7-6(11) 3-6 6-3 6-2.

«I have to say that win from Nick Kyrgios was stunning, I think he surprised the whole tennis world by the way he played and the consistency he had,” Corretja said. “We expected a very tight match, but I wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to sustain that level for the whole match but he did and he impressed me unbelievably because he played huge tennis, he was brilliant, he was aggressive – he was just putting on so much pressure on the return.” ‘Boneheaded play’ – Kyrgios loses bizarre point after rushing to Medvedev’s side to play shot ‘I showed New York my talent’ — Kyrgios dethrones Medvedev to reach quarters in style US Open order of play, day 8 — When are Nadal, Swiatek, Alcaraz playing? Kyrgios and Khachanov are tied 1-1 in their head to head, with the latter winning their first encounter in Cincinnati in 2019.