Nick Kyrgios: Wimbledon final ends in National Bank Open quarterfinals | Tennis News
Nick Kyrgios’ nine-game winning streak ended in the quarterfinals of the National Bankers Open on Friday when Pole Hubert Hurkacz, seeded eight, beat eighth seed 7-6 (7-4) ) 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 win.
In great form, the loss was Kyrgios’ first since falling to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.
Since then, the 27-year-old has been in fine form, including a title at the Citi Open, before clashing with Hurkacz, who improved his record to 2-0 against the Australian after a three-fight win. set earlier this year in Halle. semi-final.
Hurkacz now faces Norwegian fourth seed Casper Ruud, who defeated hometown seed and sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1 6-2.
The two big servers hit each other on Center Court with Hurkacz blasting 20 aces and Kyrgios hitting back 19 in a contest that produced two breaks, both going to Poles in the final set.
Kyrgios started the match at a quick pace as the opening set ended in a 33rd minute draw with Hurkacz’s win.
After holding serve to open second, Kyrgios had a great opportunity to take control with a triple break point but failed to convert.
Hurkacz would have also had his chance but failed to get the break as the second set once again rushed to the tie-break – this time won by Kyrgios, who won the set with an ace.
What had been a tight contest turned unexpectedly into the third inning when Hurkacz, aided by a pair of Kyrgios double errors, won the first break.
With the help of another double error from Kyrgios, Hurkacz beat the Australian again to take a 5-1 lead and kept serve to keep his spot in the final four games.