The Australian leads the head-to-head 2-0 but his record against top 10 players in best-of-five-set matches is alarming
It has been seven long years since a 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios reached the second of his two career grand slam quarter-finals up to that point. Between his big wins over big players and the controversy he courts everywhere he goes, his public profile has only grown in the years since but his notoriety did not correlate with greater success on the court.
This year, though, the Australian has turned a corner. He arrived at Wimbledon playing the best, most consistent tennis of his career and has used it to blaze a trail into his first grand slam final.
Written by Tumaini Carayol at Wimbledon
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/09/nick-kyrgios-needs-serve-of-steel-to-edge-djokovic-for-wimbledon-crown under the title “Nick Kyrgios needs serve of steel to edge Djokovic for Wimbledon crown | Tumaini Carayol”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
