History books say Nick Kyrgios has no chance of winning the US Open, despite his great form 🟢 jamesgraysport for iPaperSport
“I feel if I had points from Wimbledon, I’d be nearing on the top 10. So I feel like I have really kind of reinvented myself this year.”
He’s right that there has been a level of focus in key moments that has made the 27-year-old appear differently on the global stage.
So maybe Kyrgios is not so enigmatic after all. Maybe we are all starting to gain a far greater understanding of what Nick Kyrgios is and is not by virtue of seeing him playing regularly at the highest level. But the Australian is hoping he can counter that familiarity with an air of invincibility. “I think you have got a small window after a grand slam that people kind of fear you before they step out on the court,” Kyrgios added.Wins in 13 matches since – when you include singles and doubles – will not do much to temper that “fear factor” but we should also be realistic about what those wins really mean.
So then we look at his singles run in Washington, and on closer inspection the results are a little less impressive: the only top-20 player he beat was Reilly Opelka, who has won just two matches since May and landed just 44 per cent of his powerful first serves; in the final he faced world No 96 Nishioka, having beaten world No 115 Mikael Ymer to get there.
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