When Nick Kyrgios Went All-Out Attack vs Rafael Nadal 🥶 | Cincinnati 2017 Extended Highlight

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Thank you, have a good match.
Now he's opening the shoulders.
He is sending a strong message.
Mr. Nadal is setting the goal on the left baseline.
The ball was called in.
Barmos is...
We've seen Nick give a couple of come-ons.
14-11.
That was 141.
Nadal has two challenges remaining.
Miles an hour so far.
He'll be out here for two and a half hours.
15-11.
The first serve so far.
Nadal's serve.
And if there wasn't a net, it'd still be running.
Lovely feet.
Well, I thought you were going to stop it in a dull...
It's been taken short for him.
Game.
Barmos has come to play.
Oh, it is.
It grabs just his second game of this match.
15-11.
Game and first set.
What an opening set.
From the Australian.
That's perfect.
A well-struck shot.
Doesn't deviate on its path.
15-11.
One step ahead.
Nadal's offered up.
13-11.
Game, chaos.
He's been registering high in the 130s today.
Net.
First service.
There's that shot again.
But nothing cross-court.
It's a decent serving to go with it.
Always a heady contact.
13-11.
Backhand with his forehand.
I keep an eye on it.
I didn't hear it from the chair.
13-14.
Nick asked in the chair whether or not there was a call.
That came out.
Looks up for too long.
That's the shot he's got to make here on a hard court.
I'm a big believer in the flying down the line.
14.
Such an important shot for Rafa.
And Kyrgios in the driver's seat now.
Lights out performance opening set.
Kyrgios leads.
That's too good.
14-15.
Just see it hit the fat part and skid through.
Yeah, it's unplayable, isn't it, Kev?
Game, chaos.
There's going to be a bit of buzz.
We already mentioned it a couple of times.
15-11.
Three tie-break sets for Kyrgios thus far.
Montreal.
Montreal Olympics.
Closing in.
Oh, and a good hand as well.
Everything working for Kyrgios.
Now Bob's going to put through his chest.
Just a nice guy here.
He's been one step ahead of Nadal all evening.
Right out of the blocks.
That's a match point for Kyrgios.
That was exquisite.
Advantage, Nadal.
What a ripper that was.
A concession made by Nadal for the Aussie.
15-11.
Well, he's been throwing down the bump.
I mean, he's hit the vast majority of his aces there, but...
Dropping stuff.
Only way to describe it.
13-15.
Such a concerted sense of purpose and execution.
I'm not sure which was the most impressive part of that point.
Was it a set concern?
Was it the return from Nadal?
A 15.
A 14.
And it's the marching of the miscarriage that I think
is so disturbing to watch.
Game, Kyrgios.
After such a poignant return
to get to even footing.
Matching Nadal in Cincinnati.
The top seed is told to pack up his belongings
and head for New York.
He may soon return to number one,
but the knight belonged to the top gun from Australia.
