Spanish tennis great Rafa Nadal has dramatically bested Aussie bad boy Nick Kyrgios on a tie break in the fourth set 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 in a thrilling and high-octane Wimbledon second round tie, gaining his 50th Wimbledon win.
Nadal admitted he would need to "play at his 100%" against the prodigal Kyrgios, admitting it was unusual to have such a high quality match in Wimbledon's second round, and that he did, but he was pushed all the way by the Australian.
Kyrgios was up to his usual psychological antics and attempted to get inside the head of Nadal, even serving an ace against one of the greatest players of all time with an underhand serve to win a game in the first, much to the chagrin of Rafa.
If Kyrgios v Nadal goes to 5 sets they will definitely start wrestling on centre court. They really dont like each other and arent afraid to show it
#Wimbledon2019
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) July 4, 2019
It was one of an impressive 29 aces for the 24-year-old Canberra native throughout the game.
But that would prove to be Kyrgios' last game won that set as the two-time champ wrapped up the opener 6-3, but the current world no. 43 stormed back to clinch the second by the same score and level proceedings.
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Spanish tennis great Rafa Nadal has dramatically bested Aussie bad boy Nick Kyrgios on a tie break in the fourth set 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 in a thrilling and high-octane Wimbledon second round tie, gaining his 50th Wimbledon win.
Nadal admitted he would need to "play at his 100%" against the prodigal Kyrgios, admitting it was unusual to have such a high quality match in Wimbledon's second round, and that he did, but he was pushed all the way by the Australian.
Kyrgios was up to his usual psychological antics and attempted to get inside the head of Nadal, even serving an ace against one of the greatest players of all time with an underhand serve to win a game in the first, much to the chagrin of Rafa.
If Kyrgios v Nadal goes to 5 sets they will definitely start wrestling on centre court. They really dont like each other and arent afraid to show it
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) July 4, 2019
It was one of an impressive 29 aces for the 24-year-old Canberra native throughout the game.
But that would prove to be Kyrgios' last game won that set as the two-time champ wrapped up the opener 6-3, but the current world no. 43 stormed back to clinch the second by the same score and level proceedings.
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