Greek Australian Nick Kyrgios's fire has trumped Milos Raonic's ice with the
Australian tennis showman turning up the heat to blast his way into the last 16
at Wimbledon.
Kyrgios out-aced the game's most explosive server 34 winners
to 18 in upsetting the seventh seed 5-7 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 in a high-quality
third-round encounter on Friday.
His sweet revenge after falling to the Canadian in an
equally competitive four-set quarter-final last year earned Kyrgios a return
stoush on Monday with Richard Gasquet.
It was against the Frenchman in last year's second round
that Kyrgios announced his arrival as a grand slam force when he saved a record
nine match points before going on to gun down Rafael Nadal in round four.
Now Gasquet again stands in his way after Kyrgios produced
some magical and, at times insane, tennis to surge into the fourth round.
All up, the 26th seed hammered 61 clean winners and made
just 13 unforced errors in two hours and 42 minutes in a stunning display on
Show Court Two.
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