"This is my fourth time playing against him, and I've played against him successfully in the past."
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Pat Hickey • Montreal GazetteNick Kyrgios said Daniil he would enjoy playing against Medvedev. National Bank Open Tennis Championships Wednesday.
Krygios delighted the crowd at his IGA stadium with his excellent shotmaking, even letting Medvedev off guard with an underhand serve. The Australian looked nervous when he committed a series of unforced errors and was robbed of the tiebreaker, but broke Medvedev's serve to start the second set and, as the match progressed, he took the lead. gained momentum.
"This is his fourth meeting we've had and I've had some success with him in the past," he said, going 3-1. The improved Kyrgios said. “I feel like we know each other’s games very well.
Kyrgios was victorious in Washington last week and has won 14 of his last 15 matches, not including Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.
"Today I had very clear goals for how I was going to play. A lot of serve and volleys, aggressive play from behind. ' said Kyrgios. "I performed better than him. That's all. He won the first set and I feel like I had a chance, so hopefully it works." The contest followed another tough match as Tommy Paul of the United States defeated Spain's second seed Carlos Alcalaz 6-7(4) 7-6(7) 6-3 in under three hours. , a 20-minute battle.
"I had a little bit of luck in the second tiebreak," said Paul, saving him a point in the match.
"I'm happy to finish the match at the net," he said after coming forward to score his points in his fifth match. “He hit a pretty good pass shot in the last point and I covered the line well and volleyed well.
"I felt like I was in his service game," said Paul, referring to the biggest win of his career. We won. “I felt like I could break in the second set. We stuck to our game plan and played well.”
Alcaraz, 19, is making the transition from clay to hard courts, and the first matches of tournaments are always difficult, with opponents playing against him. "Especially when you're fighting under your belt," he said.
"I can tell you now that it was the first time I couldn't handle the pressure," Alcaraz said. "I felt the pressure of being the second seed in this kind of tournament and the fourth seed in the world.
"All I can say from this match is that I have to train. You've got to put up with this pressure, have these kinds of moments and learn how to handle them.”
4th seed Casper Ruud (Norway) is Alex. Seventh-seeded Janik Sinner (Italy) dreaded the fear before beating qualifiers France after beating Morcan (Slovakia) 7-6 (3) 6-3 Adrian Mannarino 2-6, 6-4 , 6-2.
Croatia's 13th seed Marin Cilic defeated Russia's Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-2, but Bulgaria's 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov was beaten by Australia's Alex de Minaur. 7-6(4) Lost on 7. -5.
Two Spaniards stepped forward while Alcaraz wavered. No. 14 seed Roberto Bautista Agut beat US's Jenson Brooksby 7-5 6-1 while Pablo Carreño his Busta defeated Denmark's Holger Rohn 6-0 6-3 rice field.
No. 17 seed Gaël Monfils from France beat French-born American Maxime Cressey he 7-6 (10) 7-6 (6).
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