Nick Kyrgios ends Novak Djokovic’s 19-match win streak at Indian Wells

The 17th seed has two titles already in 2017 and he fought back from a set down to beat Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri 4-6 7-6 7-5.

Muller, who won his first ATP World Tour title in Sydney at the start of the year, made only 49 percent of his first serves and Nishikori broke him four times. “Second set was obviously up and down”. “It’s not anybody’s birthday, and I could just focus on playing tennis”. There was not much wrong I did.

Federer and longtime rival Nadal could meet in the fourth round, with the victor possibly advancing to face Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

With the three superstars drawn in the same quarter, only one – at most – can make it to the semi-finals.

It will be the 36 time the two legends will meet. When one guy doesn´t want to have long rallies, you can bail out with big serves, big shots.

“I’m really happy that I got my energy back because in Dubai I was actually still quite exhausted”.

Federer broke Nadal to open the match in front of a packed Stadium crowd.

American Jack Sock saved four match points in a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) win over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

“Knee is a thing of the past, which is great”. I think it’s really important.

After a controversial exit from the Shanghai Masters late in 2016 and a disappointing early departure from the Australian Open earlier this year, Kyrgios admitted he was struggling to enjoy tennis.

“I mean, he wasn’t my idol, but out of the tennis players, my idols are probably Gaël Monfils and Jo Tsonga”, said Kyrgios, 21. “I feel more comfortable, I feel more fresh”.

The Swiss Wizard was better than American Steve Johnson 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), while Rafa has beaten his countryman Fernando Verdasco also in two sets: 6-3, 7-5. He last won a hard-court title in January 2014 in Doha.

Germany’s Angelique Kerber, seeded second in California, was eliminated by Russia’s Elena Vesnina in the women’s singles competition today.

Roger Federer defeated longtime rival Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3 at the BNP Paribas Open in a fourth-round match on Wednesday that saw the rivals meeting much earlier in the tournament.

“That’s sport, no?” Nadal said. “For her it was tough for her to play without the backhand, so there was no other way probably”.

Novak Djokovic’s 19-match winning streak at the desert tournament ended in a 6-4, 7-6 (3) loss to Nick Kyrgios.

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios beat world No2 Novak Djokovic for the second time in as many weeks to reach the quarter-finals at Indian Wells.