Nick Kyrgios has charged into the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, after he beat Jiri Vesely in his third-round clash at Wimbledon over four sets.
Nick Kyrgios is happy he's already met two left-handed players as preparation to face Rafael Nadal. Source: AFP
PLAYING Rafael Nadal on Tuesday night on a Wimbledon show court is the biggest match of my career and you can't get any better than taking on the world No. 1 at the world's most prestigious tournament.
It's a massive task but I'm going out there to embrace it and enjoy it knowing that if I execute my game I can win — or at the very least make things as difficult as possible for Rafa.
Hopefully nerves will not play a part but if I feel nervous I will embrace it and deal with it as it happens.
It's only natural to feel tension and as an athlete something I have to deal with.
I don't know Rafa at all, he's one of the very few guys I've never had any dealings with but he seems like a great guy. Whenever I hear him talking English it's usually about soccer.
Nick Kyrgios lies prone on the grass and holding his head in his hand after his third-round victory. Source: Getty Images
It's going to be massive going out to play him in a fourth-round match at Wimbledon.
I couldn't have asked for better preparation playing two lefties in a row after my third-round match with Jiri Vesely.
Jiri and Rafa have slightly different qualities but my coach Simon Rea and the team will scout out Rafa and pick some plays for me to exploit.
Winning on Sunday was a dream really.
I warmed up great and felt awesome going in to the match although the weather didn't look to great and in all honesty I'm not a fan of playing in poor weather — which I'll obviously need to get used to at Wimbledon.
Aussie Nick Kyrgios may end his Wimbledon tournament on a sour note picking up a hamstring injury early in his second round clash
I started a bit nervously and felt a twinge in my hamstring in the second game although I think it was just a reaction to the colder conditions and also the long grind against Richard Gasquet
When the rain came I got some great treatment and felt great going back out.
I knew I had more gears to move through and felt that Jiri was already pretty much at full throttle so that have me huge confidence going back out and I was fired up a lot more than when we first went out.
The last two sets were probably some of the best tennis I've ever played.
This is the first time I've reached the fourth round at a slam and to do it at Wimbledon is just surreal, this place means so much to me as an Australian and to play such a great champion like Rafa will be a dream.
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