Australian Open 2020 LIVE: Kyrgios and Nadal begin battle on RLA

Kyrgios serves up a slice serve to get him to advantage on his serve. He goes to his second deuce and his now facing the first break point of the evening.Nadal, who has won the Australian Open only once, has not dropped a set so far in the tournament. In his last match, he eliminated compatriot Pablos Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in one hour and 38 minutes. He said he was feeling confident. "It was my best match of the tournament so far, without a doubt.

In contrast, Kyrgios was on court for four and a half hours in his amazing match against the Russian Karen Khachanov on Saturday night and fell to the ground with relief after just winning the super tie-breaker.Emotional Kyrgios wears Bryant singlet onto RLA Kyrgios looked emotional as he walked out onto Rod Laver Arena wearing the Kobe Bryant number 8 singlet.

He wore the jersey for the warm-up and has now changed into his regular tennis shirt as play gets underway.Kyrgios and Nadal have history. Last year the Australian described the 12-time French Open winner as 'super salty' before Wimbledon last year, and on Thursday night was imitating the time he takes between points.

The Spaniard says that when Kyrgios plays good tennis and shows passion for the gameit is a positive.

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