Intimidating the audience, intimidating the referee, being penalized, throwing the racket, and so on, Kyrgios was praised by Nadal?
As long as Kyrgios is there, people don't worry about the game getting dull and boring. You can imagine, or imagine unexpected events, that could happen in the Kyrgios game.
Yesterday, Kyrgios did not live up to the expectations of Indian Wells fans, and he staged at least three different styles of bridges against Nadal.
All three of these sections took place at key moments in the race, and Kyrgios was also "ingenious" in terms of timing and timing, taking place in the first half, the second half and the end of the race, respectively.
In the first set, Nadal and Kyrgios saved their serves in the first two sets without a break point. The third set was Nadal's serve, he conceded two points first, then each side took one point, the set became 15-40, And Nadal sent two consecutive break points. Kyrgios successfully cashed in on the second break point, breaking the balance of power first to take a 2-1 lead.
In the next 6 innings, both sides held their own serves, and although there were many wonderful rounds in the middle, the innings were always advancing normally, and there was no tense suspense. In particular, when Kyrgios was leading 40-0 in the 6th set, he suddenly made a crotch kick and was run by Nadal to score the winning score. The audience thought to themselves, oh, he screwed up.
By the 10th set, Kyrgios took the game to his own serve to win the set with the advantage of the only break set. He dropped the key point at 30-30 and delivered a break point. Nadal did not waste the opportunity and broke The Ageus' serve to win the set. In the next two sets, both sides protected each other, and the game came to grab seven.
Nadal served in the seventh set, who did not give the opponent any chances and scored six consecutive points to get six consecutive set points. At this point, Kyrgios was out of control, and he roared loudly. Despite the loud noises created by the audience, the referee still heard a series of dirty words from Kyrgios's mouth. Before Kyrgios was ready to serve, the referee gave him a warning at the right time, and with a warning already in front of him, Kyrgios was given a penalty of 1 point on the set for accumulating two warnings.
As a result, the point after 0-6 did not need to be played again, and Kyrgios lost the first set of seven sets 0-7.
After a 3-minute break, Kyrgios still couldn't calm his emotions, and the audience was also noisy, and people seemed to be waiting for When Kyrgios found a suitable point to erupt again. At this time, the referee took a timely shot, and he shouted to a dissuaded fan in the audience: "Sir, there are 10,000 spectators here who want to watch tennis, and you are the only one who shouts like crazy." ”
The referee's words calmed the audience, the audience was honestly much quieter, and Kyrgios also controlled his emotions. Some commentators have said that the referee's words seem to be addressed to the audience, but in fact, they also have a persuasive and deterrent effect on Kyrgios. After that, both players and spectators focused on the game, and every once in a while there would be a wonderful round on the field.
Wonderful is wonderful, but there is no suspense blessing, both sides in the first 11 sets of their own serves, and there is no break point. After 11 innings, the set was 5-6, with Kyrgios taking the lead.
In the 12th set that had to be saved, Nadal's form fluctuated, sending out two consecutive break points after losing one point 15-30, which was also the first break point in the second set. Kyrgios cashed in on his first break point to pull back a set 5-7.
By the third set, Nadal's fitness seemed to have declined somewhat. Before this match, Nadal revealed that there was some pain in his left foot during the quarter-finals. Concerned about Nadal's fitness and left foot, spectators were keenly aware that Nadal's real test had arrived, and the game had reached its most tense and crucial moment.
Sure enough, Nadal, who served later, delivered 2 break points in his first set, and after 2 innings of equalization, Nadal struggled to save. Kyrgios was fairly stable in his first two serves, failing to deliver any break points.
In the 5th set, Nadal began to put pressure on the opponent, he got 2 break points in succession, but was successfully saved by Kyrgios, after 2 innings of the tie, Kyrgios had a thrilling success in saving the serve, the whole process is exactly the same as the trend of the 2nd set.
Despite the thrills, Kyrgios made a little fuss and accidents. At 40-40, Kyrgios said to a fan behind him: "Are you playing?" Are you good at playing tennis? So why are you talking? The fan sat next to the famous American actor Stiller, and Kyrgios didn't know the fans who made the noise, but he obviously knew Stiller. So Kyrgios turned to Stiller and said, "Shall I tell him what to do?" No. The move sparked laughter from the audience.
In the crucial 7th set, Kyrgios lost the key point at 30-30, giving Nadal a break point. At this time, a dramatic scene appeared, and Kyrgios made a double mistake, which was the fatal double error of this set and the fatal double error of the whole game.
After being broken, Kyrgios lost his temper with the referee during the break, repeatedly complaining that the referee did not stop the audience's cajoling. With this crucial break, Nadal scored four straight points in a 5-4 serve win to end the game, and the body language of Kyrgios in this set seemed to indicate that he had given up the game.
After shaking hands with the referee, Nadal walked into the arena to greet the audience, and Kyrgios suddenly slammed the racket violently, and the racket bounced far away and almost hit the caddy behind the bottom line.
When questioned by reporters after the game, Kyrgios choked back: "What do you want me to say?" Obviously, I didn't mean it either... I'm human too, and that's what happens. To be clear, the racket landed 3 meters away from the caddie, is that what you want to ask three hours after I fought with Nadal? The caddy dodged and didn't hit him, it was just an accident. This is definitely not like Zverev, it is definitely just an accident. So thankfully the caddie was okay, I didn't mean it. ”
In the early morning of Beijing time this morning, Kyrgios posted that he had privately contacted the caddy and sent him a racket, and the caddy was very happy and seemed to have spent the best day of his life.
Nadal, who won the game, said at a news conference that he liked the character of Kyrgios. "I have a good relationship with all the players, even Nick, don't get me wrong. People think we don't like each other, but that's not the case. I don't hate him at all, and in a way, I like his character. ”
"Nick was positive throughout the game, very hard-working, he had a lot of personality. Sometimes I personally don't like what he does, but I respect him because everyone's personality is different, and everyone's views and education are different. I'm not totally negative, it's just different opinions, but the most important thing we came here is to play tennis and do our best, and I think he did it. He persevered to the end and played at a very good level, which is probably the Kyrgios I want to see. People also want to see him like this, because it is good for the game of tennis. ”
And Kyrgios also said at the post-match press conference that he brought audience, traffic and attention to tennis, "I feel like I'm helping tennis, I'm bringing attention, all those who think I'm bad about the sport are stupid!" (Source: Tennis House Author: Yun Cirrus YunShu)