“Stefanos Tsitsipas lost his head” Lleyton Hewitt believes Nick Kyrgios is a tough opponent at Wimbledon as he can ‘play in the chaos’
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World No. 45 Nick Kyrgios got the better of World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in their third round clash at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships registering his second win of the season over the Greek star in a space of three weeks. The match, however, had a lot more controversies and antics by both players, making it an entertaining match for tennis fans.
While Stef won the first set, Kyrgios won the next three sets to wrap up the high-intensity match on Court No. 1. The match saw Stef hitting the ball into the crowd which saw Kyrgios argue with the umpire and refuse to play as he felt the Greek should have been defaulted for his actions. It just led to Stef losing his plot further as he started aiming shots at Nick’s body but it was not enough as Kyrgios took the win, his 4th against Tsitsipas.
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“His opponents have to be prepared for that”: Lleyton Hewitt on Nick Kyrgios playing in high-intensity matches
Speaking about Kyrgios using the pressure in his favour and making merry of it, Australian legend and 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt revealed how Nick won the 2022 Australian Open doubles title in a similar situation and is slowly becoming the biggest hurdle for opponents going into the business end of the 2022 Wimbledon.
“It was an epic and it was always going to be between those two players. But now the pressure swings and there will be a lot more pressure and expectation on Nick every time he goes out there now for the rest of the tournament. It was probably over the top in the end because it became not a tennis match. There was everything going on and it wasn’t just the incredible skill of the two players out there on the court. It was strange. It played into Nick’s wheelhouse though.
“Everything turned and Tsitsipas lost his head and his emotions in the end and it cost him the match. Nick can play with the chaos going on. Not many people can, but he can. We’ve seen him at the Australian Open in the doubles when it was a big scene like that, that is when he plays his best tennis. His opponents have to be prepared for that. They know at some stage in a lot of matches stuff like that is going to happen.
“You have to keep on going. Stefanos played him only two weeks ago in Stuttgart so it’s nothing surprising for him there. Nick, the way he is serving, is going to be tough to beat for everyone,” said Hewitt speaking on Eurosport backing his compatriot to continue his run at the All-England Club.
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