Australian Open 2022: Nick Kyrgios vs Daniil Medvedev Head-to-Head Battle | Prediction

Australian Open 2022: Match Preview

The Grand Slam brings great players and great encounters with it. In the round of 32 we will see the Australian Nick Kyrgios play the Russian world no. 2, Daniil Medvedev.

Nick Kyrgios vs Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev is a 25-year-old Russian who has won one grand slam in his tennis career which was against Novak Djokovic. 

Medvedev is currently ranked second in the world as per the ATP and that is his career highest.  He has won thirteen ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2021 US Open and the 2020 ATP Finals. 

With the latter win, Medvedev became the first and only player to defeat the top 3 ranked players in the world en route to the year-end championship title.

Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios is a 26-year-old Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 13 achieved on 24 October 2016 and is the sixth highest-ranked Australian in the current ATP rankings. 

Kyrgios has won six ATP titles and has reached nine ATP finals, including the 2017 Cincinnati Masters where he lost in the final to Grigor Dimitrov.

Nick Kyrgios vs Daniil Medvedev: Head to Head Record

Nick Kyrgios has an upper hand on Daniil Medvedev by defeating him twice in the past in both the encounters.

Nick Kyrgios vs Daniil Medvedev : Australian Open Record

Nick Kyrgios vs Daniil Medvedev : Form Guide

Nick Kyrgios is in bad form as he has won only one match in his last 6 matches, on the other hand Daniil is in great form and a contender to win the Australian Open.

Nick Kyrgios vs Daniil Medvedev : Australian Open Predictions

This should be a tight game and an intense match among both the players. But Daniil is in the form of his life and he will win in 5 sets.