Nick Kyrgios who bowed out of the Indian Wells quarter finals recently, has been in dominant form at the Miami Open. This morning he came out on top (6-2 and 6-4) against of world number 34 Fabio Fognini to progress to the fourth round where he is to meet the winner of the encounter between Jannik Sinner and Pablo Carreno Busta.
In the third round of the Miami Open the Greek-Australian took 52 minutes to defeat World Number 7 Andrey Rublev and he maintained his blistering form against Fognini. He won 11 of the last 12 points of the match to win the last three games and win the match.
His “Special K” doubles partner Thanassis Kokkinakis has also shown good form at the tournament defeating American Denis Kudla in his third-round match 7-6, 4-6, 7-6. He beat Andreas Seppi, Richard Gasquet and Diego Schwartzman to face Kudla.
The pair teamed up again last Friday to to beat Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni 6-2, 6-7 10-6. They will face Andrey Rublev and Karen Kachanov tomorrow.
It took three sets for Stephanos Tsistipas to defeat American JJ Wolf 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in his third-round encounter at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday.
“I very much know how to handle situations like this, speaking from experience. It kind of worked in the third set. I think letting go and relaxing a bit helped me a lot and gave me that win” Tsitsipas told atptour.com
His next challenge is against Aussie Alex de Minaur over whom he has a 7-0 advantage.
Kyrgios who is ranked 102 in the world and entered both the Indian Wells and the Miami Open as a wild card had said earlier in the tournament that he was “at peace with everything off the court. I am in the right mindset.
“I’ve been on tour for nine years. I know some weeks will be incredible and some will be shocking. I’m not on that roller coaster life anymore where I really enjoy those highs and almost drown my sorrows with the lows.
“That’s healthier for me.
“I’ve been dealing with a lot of stuff over the last couple of years. But I’m not stressing much and just have been enjoying my tennis,” Kyrgios said.