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[27] Nick Kyrgios d. Dusan Lajović 6-3 6-1

This wasn’t supposed to be part of Nick Kyrgios’ endurance training.

The Aussie offered help on Thursday to a woman whose car died on the side of the road in his hometown of Canberra. Simon Anderson, whose girlfriend was involved, chronicled the story on Twitter and it quickly went viral.

Nick Kyrgios mixed up his service pace and attacked the net to beat in-form Russian Daniil Medvedev on Tuesday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for a second-round meeting against Norwegian qualifier Casper Ruud. The Australian opened his account at the Foro Italico in Rome with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over the No. 12 seed, who has amassed the second-most wins (25) on the ATP Tour in 2019, trailing only Stefanos Tsitsipas (with a 27-10) record.

Nick Kyrgios was equally impressive on serve in his 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Spanish lucky loser Roberto Carballes Baena, who moved into the draw when Libema Open champion Adrian Mannarino withdrew due to a hand injury. The Aussie didn’t face a break point and won 87 per cent (26/30) of his first-serve points.
Kyrgios is looking for consistent form on the grass after a mixed season. The World No. 39 defeated Rafael Nadal, John Isner and Alexander Zverev en route to prevailing this March in Acapulco, but has gone a combined 5-8 in his other events this year.

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Get your popcorn ready. Kyrgios, an undeniable talent, could play third seed Nadal in the second round. Deja vu?

At 19, Kyrgios beat Nadal in the fourth round at The Championships, announcing himself to the tennis world. The electric Aussie has split six FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with the legendary Spaniard. And Kyrgios always finds some of his best tennis when the lights are shining brightest, which they will be if he plays Nadal in London.

Kyrgios reached the second round by defeating fellow Aussie Jordan Thompson 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-6(10), 0-6, 6-1 in an entertaining back-and-forth battle lasting three hours and 26 minutes.
"It was incredibly tough. I think coming into today, Thommo was probably one of the most in-form grass-courters of the season. He made his first final in 's-Hertogenbosch. He's obviously feeling pretty comfortable on the grass," Kyrgios said. "I looked at my draw, I was excited because we've known each other since we were about nine. We played at every age group. To see each other playing at the highest level against each other, it was pretty cool."
The match was on World No. 43 Kyrgios’ racquet, but Thompson, just one place below his countryman in the ATP Rankings, took advantage of all of Kyrgios’ slip-ups with his consistency. Any time Kyrgios attempted a trick shot or made an interesting shot selection, Thompson was ready to pounce.
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It appeared the key would be the third-set tie-break, in which Kyrgios needed eight set points to close it out. But even after losing the 19-minute tie-break, Thompson immediately responded with a service break, and then two more after that, to quickly force a decider.
Kyrgios’ momentary loss of focus gave Thompson plenty of momentum, putting the latter in position to claim his first win at The Championships, especially as he earned a break point to start the fifth set. But Kyrgios locked down his side of the court and on his second break opportunity at 2-1, he hit a backhand return to Thompson’s shoestrings, eliciting a short ball that he was able to take advantage of to earn the break.
From there, Kyrgios did not look back, hitting a forehand half volley winner — his 63rd winner of the match — to earn a shot at Nadal.
"I was very motivated today. But I wasn't looking forward because I knew that Thommo has been playing very well. He was more than capable of winning today as well," Kyrgios said. "There were a couple moments if they went his way, he could have been easily the one in this chair at the moment."
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It will be Kyrgios and Nadal's seventh FedEx ATP Head2Head match (tied 3-3). Kyrgios beat Nadal in Acapulco earlier this year.