BRISBANE, Australia, Jan 3 (AFP): Australian third seed Nick Kyrgios overcame a leg injury to reach the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday as fourth seed Milos Raonic was bundled out by wildcard Alex De Minaur.
Kyrgios came back from losing the first set to fellow Australian Matthew Ebden to win 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, finishing the match with his leg heavily strapped.
In the late match on Pat Rafter Arena, 18-year-old De Minaur had the biggest win of his career when he stunned former champion Raonic 6-4, 6-4.
Raonic has not played since October because of calf and wrist problems and he looked rusty against De Minaur, making a host of unforced errors.
De Minaur was also able to handle the Canadian's huge serve, breaking him once in the first set then twice in the second to open a 5-2 lead.
Raonic managed to get one back as De Minaur faltered while serving for the match for the first time.
But he held his nerve on his second attempt and closed out the victory to set up a surprise quarter-final against American qualifier Michael Mmoh.
Kyrgios recovers from injury to reach quarters, Raonic crashes out
FE Team | Published: January 03, 2018 22:45:34
Kyrgios recovers from injury to reach quarters, Raonic crashes out
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