Top seed Novak Djokovic is set to face Nick Kyrgios in the summit clash of Wimbledon 2022
Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios and Nick Kyrgios will meet for the first time at the All England Club – and the third time overall – in Sunday’s Wimbledon final. Kyrgios has won their prior meetings (both in 2017) without dropping a set and without dropping serve. Hence, to the surprise of many, Kyrgios is heading to his first-ever Wimbledon final with a 2-0 head-to-head lead over Novak Djokovic.
The players first played each other on the ATP tour at the 2017 Acapulco Open in Mexico. Kyrgios prevailed in that quarter-final clash on an outdoor hard court surface in the straight sets 7-6, 7-5. In the same year, the Australian notched up another impressive straight sets win, this time at the Indian Wells Masters.
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Well, the summit clash is definitely a tough one to call. According to experts, ‘Kyrgios is a nightmare match up for Novak’. In their previous encounters, Djokovic had a really tough time dealing with the Australian’s serves. In two matches, and 23 service games, Djokovic couldn’t break Kyrgios even once and the Aussie only faced one break point on serve.
Kyrgios has one of the fastest serves in the game, but that isn’t the only reason why his service game is impressive. He also has the ability to cleverly switch it up, including his famously cheeky underarm serve.
In one of their match-ups, Djokovic faced a second serve at 133km/hr before Kyrgios threw down the gauntlet on another second serve, with a 202km/hr rocket. In fact, Kyrgios has the second-faster second serve ever recorded.
So, Djokovic will undoubtedly need to be on the top of his game as Kyrgios will certainly not be affected by his opponent’s stature or much superior ranking.
There’s lots of positives for Kyrgios going into the do-or-die final; but undoubtedly the thing that will concern fans the most, is his ability to melt down, on occasion, when things don’t go his way.
Considering all the factors, we can certainly expect an intense and thrilling Wimbledon final.
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