Kyrgios showed real signs of emotion only when he cleared the forehand volley at the first match point in the fifth set. He turned to the crowd and screamed in joy.
Kyrgios seemed to suffer from shoulder problems throughout the match and also struggled to win as he needed treatment from Physio in 3-2 of the third set.
“I definitely need a glass of wine tonight,” he admitted in a post-match court interview.
Next to Kyrgios is Chilean Christian Garin. He defeated Alex de Minaur of Australia and became the first man to return from the second set in this year’s tournament.
Kyrgios has reached the Grand Slam quarterfinals for the first time in seven years and remains undefeated in all six matches in five sets at Wimbledon.
“I’ve never lost a five-set match here. That’s what I was thinking,” he said. “I’ve been here before, I did it before, and I did it again.”
Nakajima of the United States, who played in the first round of the Grand Slam match, claimed the first set at the first break point of the match, but Kyrgios held his shoulders many times, but two. Second.
The 27-year-old Saab proved to be his best weapon. One ace recorded 137 mph when he offered the set and leveled the match.
Neither player had a chance to break in the third set, but Kyrgios took the lead in the tiebreaker and hit the cross-court forehand out of reach of Nakajima to advance the match.
However, 20-year-old Nakajima is not over yet and took the lead of 4-3 in 4th place. What followed was a strange flow of play, with Kyrgios appearing to put the rest of the set on a tank with a slow serve and a matte ground shot.
That meant that Kyrgios produced some of his best tennis and the match went to the deciding factor just to win the double break.
He is now playing his second Wimbledon quarterfinal and his first match since 2014. At the time, he was famous for his 19-year-old debut, defeating Rafael Nadal in the fourth round.
His performance on Monday may not have carried the same infectious pulsating energy as his victory over Nadal, but nevertheless it was a brave victory.
“It was far from the best performance on the level, but I’m very happy to get it done,” Kyrgios said. “I fought really hard today.”
Source: www.cnn.com
