Tennis
Kyrgios 2-0 Ruud: First Top10 win for the Greek-Australian in two years
Nick Kyrgios continued his impressive performances in the first Masters of the season and beat number 8 in the world rankings, Casper Rudd, in the last game on Monday (March 15) by 2-0 sets (6-4, 6-4). ) at Indian Wells. Most recently, in January 2020, a player from the top ten in the world rankings was defeated.
Nick Kyrgios, formerly No. 13 and now No. 126 in the world rankings, prevailed 6-4, 6-4 of Norwegian Casper Rudd (No. 8) and secured qualification for the “16” of Indian Wells, where the No. 10 of the board was waiting for him, Yannick Sinner after the Italian’s difficult victory over Benjamin Bonzi before 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4.
Kyrgios, who had lost just 8 games in his first two games in California (Baez, Delbonis), gave Rudd no break chances and completed his big win in 1 hour and 17, scoring a quick break in every set minutes of play in the stadium 1.
The 26-year-old Greek-Australian, who plays a wild card at the BNP Paribas Open, picked up 7 aces in the match and won 84% of his points on his first serve (28/34) while being in complete control of the game fit.
source: tennis24
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