Tennis: Home favourite Kyrgios has work cut out with Thiem test in Melbourne

[ASFN Admin]

Nick Kyrgios will attempt to reach the fourth round of his home Australian Open for only the second time since 2015 on Friday, but standing in his way is Austrian third seed Dominic Thiem. Kyrgios first reached the fourth round in Melbourne when he was 19, as part of a storming run to the quarter-finals, but the former junior world number one has never made it to the second week of a major since. Backed by a vociferous crowd, Kyrgios saved two match points in an epic comeback to beat Ugo Humbert in five sets but the Australian said it would take more than noisy support to beat reigning U.S. Open champion Thiem.

Continue reading...