The next time we see 2014 breakout star Nick Kyrgios will be during the Australian summer.
Kyrgios’ memorable season ended with a 7-6(4), 7-6(3) loss to fellow Aussie Marinko Matosevic in round one of the Malaysian Open on Tuesday evening. Citing burnout, the 19-year-old had already withdrawn from his remaining tournaments on this year’s schedule.
Matosevic is joined in the second round by two players who survived matches in final-set tiebreakers. Philipp Petzschner outlasted fellow qualifier James Ward 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5) and Pierre-Hugues Herbert battled past Bernard Tomic 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7). Herbert saved two match points en route to a round-two meeting with either Benjamin Becker or Metz runner-up Joao Sousa. Petzschner will go up against No. 2 seed Ernests Gulbis on Thursday.
Other Tuesday winners were Rajeev Ram, Go Soeda, Jarkko Nieminen, and Pablo Andujar. Ram earned a Wednesday night date with top seed and U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori by overcoming U.S. Open junior champion Omar Jasika 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Each of this week’s two tournaments lost one seed apiece on Tuesday, as Gilles Simon made sure Kyrgios was not alone in getting caught by the upset bug. The fifth-seeded Simon went down to Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 6-2 in just one hour and 19 minutes at the Shenzhen Open.
“He’s a great player and it’s one of the best wins ever for me in my career so far,” Berankis assured. “I really feel great here. I feel confident, especially after beating Gilles, and I look forward to another match.”
“He’s a great player and it’s one of the best wins ever for me in my career so far,” Berankis assured. “I really feel great here. I feel confident, especially after beating Gilles, and I look forward to another match.”
Next up for the Lithuanian is Lukas Lacko, who defeated Evgeny Donskoy 6-1, 7-6(4). Berankis and Lacko are joined in the last 16 by Viktor Troicki, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Santiago Giraldo, Sam Groth, Andreas Seppi, Vasek Pospisil, and Gilles Muller.
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—Kyrgios’ memorable season ended—
It was indeed memorable – he won 3 Challengers
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and did something else……
#TheMatchThatShallNotBeSpoken
#RealDeal
#TennisWRITER
#DasHashtagTennisHaus
Any single player that gets a full WRITE-up on Tenngrand from the illustrious Ricky is, by definition, a real deal (except for Earnststs).
#YouCannotBeKyrgios!
#YouKyrgios?
#YouKyrgios.
#WeTalkinBoutKyrgios
#RealDeal
#RescuingMyAss
Clutching at straws……….
You serious?
As serious as a $1,000 meal………
The jury is out………….
Hope they are allowed copies of their favourite books ’cause I have a feeling this jury is gonna be out for a long, long time………………..
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-debut-grand-slam-record-better-than-federer-djokovic-and-murray-20140924-10ld58.html
#YouKyrgios?
#RealDeal
#RafaGOAT
‘One swallow doesn’t make a summer’………………….
#Cliché
#Truism
At the age of 19 Rafa had already won his first Slam and four Masters and reached the final of a fifth.
#Consistency.