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London — Angel's Nick Kyrgios reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal in seven years when he recovered from a slow start after defeating stable American Brandon Nakashima in five sets on Wimbledon's center court on Monday.
Kyrgios's temperamental court defeated fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas once, and the Australians did their best in front of the Royal Box, hitting 4-66-4. I defeated it. 7-6 (2) 3-66-2 win.
Unseeded Chilean Christian Garin waits in the final eight games, giving Kyrgios a great opportunity to surpass the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in their 2014 debut.
Then on Saturday's mayhem, when Kyrgios was accused of being a bully by Tsitsipas, he had tennis talk to 20-year-old Nakajima, usually an Australian. ..
If anything, world number 40 seemed calm in the opening set and suffered from stiff shoulders.
Two forehand errors at 4-5 gave Nakashima an opening set as Kyrgios appeared to be at risk of an anti-climax exit.
However, he defeated Saab 2-1 in the second set, treated his shoulders, and then gradually increased his power to level the match.
Nakajima put his nose forward in the third set, and when Kyrgios served again 4-5, he was within two points of taking the set.
This time, Kyrgios got out of trouble and turned on the style of racing throughout the tiebreaker.
Kyrgios suddenly stopped boiling and was defeated twice in a row as Nakashima made it the deciding factor, but he fired to compete for victory.
The 27-year-old who participated in the match recovered from 0-30 and won the silky volley winner. (Report by Martyn Herman, edited by Clare Fallon)
