There was a moment in his match that most people would expect Nick Kyrgios to lose his cool. The fact he remained composed amazed one tennis great. And could be a good sign for his title chances.
"You've got to remember he was down in the first set - that was important, he turns that around and wins the first set. He's down 5-3 in the third-set tiebreak.
"Lose that, and we know what Garin did to de Minaur, when de Minaur was on the cusp of winning in three , turned it into an arm wrestle and won. "Nick's very aware of that. He basically wins match point, the umpire dives in and makes a bad call, they have to play two. But he kept it together, and I think if there was ever a time as a player that you might lose it, that might be it."I would have lost it, I promise you. That would do my head in."
Kyrgios has reached the quarter-final stage of a grand slam twice in his career - the most memorable at Wimbledon as a teenager - but never made it this far in almost a decade on tour.injury-plagued Rafael NadalMasur believes Kyrgios is playing smarter now than he ever has, and his win over Garin is case in point."The obvious choice would have been to go with power, but I think he understood there's no easy way through Garin," Masur said.
"He played a lot of extended baseline rallies and waited for opportunities, waited for time and space.For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by
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