Nick Kyrgios has continued his red-hot form with a straight-sets fourth-round win against eighth seed David Goffin at the Miami Open.
Kyrgios’s 7-6(5) 6-3 victory propelled the 21-year-old Australian into his fourth quarterfinal in as many events.
Big tennis from @NickKyrgios.
He's the last through to the quarterfinals.#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/ucPZ766nnY
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 29, 2017
That was calm, sober, confident, professional. So good from Kyrgios.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) March 29, 2017
Gimelstob on Kyrgios' level tonight: "This is the only tennis that can challenge Federer."
— Ricky Dimon (@Dimonator) March 29, 2017
The No.12 seed now faces fellow young gun Alexander Zverev, the No.16 seed who upset top-seeded birthday boy Stan Wawrinka 4-6 6-2 6-1 earlier today. Impressively, it was the German’s third consecutive win against a top five-ranked opponent.
Hear me roar! ????#Zverev breaks #Wawrinka five times to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.#MiamiOpen #NextGenATP pic.twitter.com/nLnk2Wn0Uq
— Miami Open (@MiamiOpen) March 28, 2017
The 19-year-old Zverev becomes only the fifth teenager since 2007 to reach an ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal. American Sam Querrey (2007), Croatian Marin Cilic (2oo8), Latvian Ernests Gulbis (2008) and Croatian Borna Coric (2016) also achieved the feat.
Kyrgios and Zverev played their first professional match at Indian Wells earlier this month, which the Australian won in straight sets.
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