The first Masters of the 2022 season, known as the "Fifth Grand Slam", the Indian Wells Masters, began today in the final four, and one of the most eye-catching focus battles is undoubtedly the battle between Nadal, the Spanish god of war who has won consecutive victories and no defeat this season, and the battle with the Bad Boy Kyrgios of Australia with his own flow and excellent skills.
Born in 1995, Kyrgios is known for his talent, casual playing, and lack of sportsmanship in his words and deeds. According to Mr. Rod Laver, the admired elder of Kyrgios, Kyrgios is more talented in tennis than anyone else on the tour, but sometimes his attitude towards tennis has hurt his career. Nadal said that if Kyrgios really wants to work hard, he has enough talent to achieve a lot of things. Kei Nishikori said that Kyrgios serves strongly, moves quickly, has an incredible ability to return the ball, has a very fierce offensive firepower on the bottom line, and has no obvious weaknesses. Raonic said that Kyrgios has amazing potential, has the most energy, and the key is how he can make the most of this energy.
It is such a talented and capable young genius who accidentally defeated the then world number one Nadal in the 2014 Wimbledon 1/8 final, breaking out of the world and becoming famous in the world. However, due to Kyrgios's lack of love and concentration for tennis, coupled with lack of self-discipline, and the unsportsmanlike words and deeds that broke out on the field from time to time, the genius teenager's performance was lackluster, but it became a vortex of traffic in the tennis world. The quarter-finals of the 2014 Wimbledon and the quarter-finals of the 2015 Australian Open are The best Grand Slam results for Kyrgios, far behind Medvedev, Zverev Jr., Tsitsipas and Beretini, who became famous later and younger than him. As for the Masters, it is only the runner-up of the 2017 Cincinnati Masters, which is far from Zverev Jr., who has won 5 Masters, and Medvedev, who has 4 Masters champions. At the lower level of the ATP 500, Kyrgios also won only three championships in Tokyo in 2016, Acapulco in 2019 and Washington. As for the world rankings, Kyrgios reached the top thirty in 2015 and never had the opportunity to participate in the year-end finals, and the difference between Zverev Jr. (2018 and 2021), Tsitsipas (2019) and Medvedev (2020), who is the champion of the year-end finals, cannot be calculated. Now that the Kyrgios world ranking has fallen to the top 100, how can it not make people sigh?
However, it is very interesting that Kyrgios, who often loses to other players on the field, is as excited as if he were playing chicken blood against the top ten players in the world rankings, and he can often play beyond the level and win them. Career match against the world's number one Small German who is about to lie back next week, Kyrgios won two games; against the current world number one Medvedev, Kyrgios won two wins and one loss; against the world's third small Zverev, Kyrgios won four wins and three losses; against the world's fifth Tsitsipas, Kyrgios won two wins and one loss. Despite his record against world number four Nadal (five defeats), Kyrgios still scored three victories, enough to be proud of his peers.
In the 2022 season, Kyrgios seems to have signs of a change of personality, telling the media that he has recently felt young and healthy for a long time and wants to start playing well. No, in the second round of the 2022 Australian Open, Kyrgios and last year's Australian Open runner-up Medvedev fought in four sets, although he regretted losing in front of the local enthusiastic cheering audience, but dedicated a wonderful and fierce game. Subsequently, Kyrgios partnered with compatriot Kokinakis to play in the doubles, and even went all the way to the level, and finally won the 2022 Australian Open doubles championship. Although Kyrgios, who has become a Grand Slam champion, can only rely on wild cards to compete in the Indian Wells Masters, Kyrgios is low-key and pragmatic, winning three consecutive games and ushering in a 1/8 final with the world's tenth and Italy's post-00 star Sina. When Sinar retired due to injury, Kyrgios lay in the quarterfinals and waited for work, ushering in the ninth meeting of his career with Nadal.
In the face of the talented and idle Kyrgios, although Nadal has won three championships and won 18 consecutive victories so far this season, and is in good shape and full of momentum, how dare Nadal be careless? Nadal said at a news conference that when Kyrgios played excitedly and motivated on the pitch, he was able to play well, play well and become one of the hardest players on the tour to deal with. This game is going to be a very tough game, it's a good challenge and a test for me, and I'm going to be ready and play good tennis.
In his last two big games against Nadal, Kyrgios lost to his opponent in four sets by exactly the same score. The second round of the 2019 Wimbledon, the 2020 Australian Open 1/8 final, the scores are 3:6, 6:3, 6:7, 6:7, the bean powder is also served, God created people, the arrangement is ingenious. But Kyrgios is never afraid of anyone, even if you are Nadal, the Spanish god of war! Kyrgios said that against Nadal, all I need to do is play my best tennis and win.
At six o'clock this morning, the 1/4 final of the Indian Wells Masters, with the waiting Kyrgios about to fight the momentum of Nadal, the big battle is about to start, it is not exciting! I sincerely hope that Nadal's left foot injury is not a big problem and can play with all his strength, and may Kyrgios really play well and give a wonderful performance.
The game had just ended, and it was tough and really exciting. The three-set score was 7:6, 5:7, 6:4, and it took 2 hours and 45 minutes. The imposing Nadal continued to output steadily, did not mess up in the case of the first break in the first set, broke the kergios service to win the set at 4:5, and took a 6:5 lead with the trend, and after the last set of kyrgios, the two sides entered the seven-game tiebreaker. The imposing Nadal led the way, 7:0, took the seventh, and pocketed the first set. At the end of the second set, the quality of Nadal's serve, which was physically weak, declined, and Kyrgios took the opportunity to break, 7:5, to pull back a set. After entering the decider, Nadal never gave Kyrgios any chance, although he missed two break points in the fifth set, he cashed in on the third break point of the seventh set, after which both sides saved, 6:4, Nadal surrendered Kyrgios, and won 19 consecutive wins in the 2022 season while advancing to the Indian Wells Masters semifinals.
Kyrgios also gave a wonderful performance, although it lost in three sets, it also left a deep impression on the audience and fans. Strong serve, excellent ability to receive the ball, fierce bottom line offensive firepower, and from time to time to intercept the net, or burst the ball in front of the net, fully display their tennis talent. At the same time, Kyrgios's spontaneous attitude and uncontrolled bad temper did not have much restraint, and various stories emerged endlessly. After slamming the racket twice, and after breaking the racket directly the second time, he picked it up and gave it to the nearest audience. Compete with fans who don't follow the rules of the game, and complain to the referee many times. Yelling at yourself and chattering. Two surprise strikes to serve the ball, one by Nadal to win the score, and one to send an ACE. Also because of deliberately delaying the serve, he was fined a point by the referee, resulting in a direct loss of the first set when he fell behind 7:6 in the first set. In short, Kyrgios is still the same guy he was, and it doesn't seem to be as he says, he wants to start playing well. Kyrgios still has to cultivate, and Nadal continues to march forward! (Source: Tennis House Author: Colorful Bean Powder)