Round-up: Australian Kyrgios storms into second round
ByReuters
Updated 29/06/2015 at 19:04 GMT
Nick Kyrgios reminded Wimbledon fans of the destructive weapons that shook up the tournament last year by powering into the second round with a straight-sets demolition of Diego Schwartzman on Monday.
Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon 2015
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A year after the towering Australian stunned then world number one Rafa Nadal to become the first man to reach the last eight on his Wimbledon debut since 2004, he cranked up the firecracker forehand to crush Argentine Schwartzman 6-0 6-2 7-6(6).
Kyrgios tore through the first set in 17 minutes, eased through the second and, after suffering a brief wobble in the third, sealed victory in a close-fought tiebreaker.
Kyrgios, 20, has yet to realise the enormous potential he showed in crunching through the Wimbledon draw last year, injury and loss of form interrupting his progress in 2015.
The world number 29 split with coach Todd Larkham a week before Wimbledon, but it seems to have had little negative impact if his 85-minute win on the opening day of the Championships was anything to go by.
He had too much raw power for the 63rd-ranked Schwartzman who looked thoroughly out of his depth as the sun shone on Court Two and the yellow hordes of Australian fans serenaded their favourite to victory.
Stanislas Wawrinka beat Joao Sousa 6-2 7-5 7-6 to secure his spot in the next round.
The world number four rattled off two breaks of serve to easily claim the first set against his Portuguese opponent ranked 42 places below him.
The second stanza was a far more competitive affair but Wawrinka managed to secure the decisive break in the 11th game before taking a two-game advantage.
The French Open champion then claimed the third on a tie-break to secure his passage to round two.
Results
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 6-4 6-4 6-4
4-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Joao Sousa (Portugal) 6-2 7-5 7-6(3)
5-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Simone Bolelli (Italy) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2 3-6 6-3
7-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6(4)
9-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Hiroki Moriya (Japan) 6-3 6-2 7-6(4)
14-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Lucas Pouille (France) 6-2 7-5 3-6 6-3
16-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 7-6(4) 6-1 6-1
17-John Isner (U.S.) beat Go Soeda (Japan) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4
John Millman (Australia) beat 19-Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-2 6-3 6-4
21-Richard Gasquet (France) beat Luke Saville (Australia) 6-3 6-2 6-2
24-Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia) 7-6(7) 7-6(3) 6-4
26-Nick Kyrgios (Australia) beat Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 6-0 6-2 7-6(6)
27-Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 6-3 3-6 2-6 6-2 6-3
32-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat Dudi Sela (Israel) 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Steve Johnson (U.S.) beat Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) 6-3 6-7(5) 4-6 6-1 6-4
Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) beat Joao Souza (Brazil) 6-4 6-3 6-2
Victor Estrella (Dominican Republic) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-4
Kenny De Schepper (France) beat John-Patrick Smith (Australia) 4-6 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4
Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-0 11-9
Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-2
Matthew Ebden (Australia) beat Blaz Rola (Slovenia) 6-2 6-1 6-4
Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 6-1 6-2 6-4
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Martin Klizan (Slovakia) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-7(5) 13-11
Liam Broady (Britain) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 5-7 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-3
Marcel Granollers (Spain) beat Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) 6-3 6-4 6-2
Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) beat Andreas Haider-Maurer (Austria) 6-2 5-2 (Haider-Maurer retired)
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