Nick Kyrgios wowed by 'crazy' Alexander Bublik trick shot against Casper Ruud at Miami Open

If you impress Nick Kyrgios with a trick shot you must be doing something right. Alexander Bublik wowed the Australian – and the rest of the tennis world – with an outrageous shot in his 6-3 6-2 defeat to Casper Ruud at the Miami Open. Ad/> At 4-0 down, Bubilk had a chance to get on the board as he was 40-0 up on his serve.

ATP Miami'It's helped a lot' — How doubles is helping unlock Kyrgios' potential3 HOURS AGO The game looked to be in the bag as Ruud sent a high forehand into the air that looked an easy put away at the net, but Bublik opted to do things a little differently. Instead of smashing the ball away he turned the racquet around in his hands, crouched low and prodded the ball back with the racquet handle. Ruud managed to get react and return it, but this time Bubilk smashed it away to clinch the game.

/> Bublik walked to his chair with a big grin on his face and slapped hands with Ruud as they passed. “That’s crazy,” said on Kyrgios on Twitter when he saw the clip. Ruud joked with Bubilk after the match that he would be a hit on social media “as always”.

Sixth seed Ruud next faces British No.1 Cameron Norrie after he took his eighth match point to beat Hugo Gaston. How doubles is helping unlock Kyrgios' potential Wilander: Djokovic suddenly favourite for French Open Kyrgios was also involved in an amusing incident during his win over Fabio Fognini that sent him into the last 16. Midway through the second set a fan yelled out “underarm serve” and Kyrgios duly obliged, only to send it into the net.