BREAKING: Nick Kyrgios is through to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after a stunning fifth-set performance win against 20-year-old American Brandon Nakashima. MORE: 📺 Wimbledon | LIVE on 9Gem and Stan Sport. 9News
After taking a two-sets-to-one lead following a sensational performance in the third-set tiebreaker, Kyrgios looked on course to have a signature meltdown after Nakashima reeled off three straight games in a bizarre ending to the fourth set.
"He's throwing this game to see what might happen at the start of the fifth. He needs to stay focused here, he's lost his way." However, this isn't the Kyrgios of old, and the 27-year-old showed his growth and ability to think through a game in a commanding fifth set and then in the post-match interview."You know he came firing in the fourth set, his level didn't drop."I've never lost a five-set match here. I was like, 'I've been here before, I've done it before', and I came through again.
He was right. Kyrgios improved his record to 6-0 in five-setters at Wimbledon and 11-3 in five-setters across his career. All three losses have surprisingly come in his home grand slam.
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