Article 62CJV Nick Kyrgios continues blistering form with win over world No 1 Daniil Medvedev

Nick Kyrgios continues blistering form with win over world No 1 Daniil Medvedev

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Nick Kyrgios has continued his blazing run with a rollicking three-set victory over world No 1 Daniil Medvedev in Montreal. Australia's Wimbledon runner-up wore down Medvedev 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-2 in a sapping second-round encounter played in searing heat and humidity.

After losing the opening set in a tiebreaker, Kyrgios had to dig deep and turned the match around with one incredible backhand pass to break Medvedev in the sixth game of the deciding set. He broke the dispirited Russian for a second straight service game before closing out the match to love after exactly two hours.

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