Canberra’s Nick Kyrgios has shown he still has what it takes to win on the ATP tour.
After having not played a singles match on the ATP tour since Brisbane at the start of the year he took down world no. 36 Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-4.
Kyrgios was dominant on serve and didn’t face a break point and he still had time to entertain the crowd with some tweeners.
Speaking after the match he said, “I feel great and motivated, (It’s) quite (an) emotional moment. I had a lot of surgeries and I’m very thrilled to be back.
“I had a wrist reconstruction, I had four knee surgeries. But I’m back mostly because of the fans. I staying for you guys”.
The former world no. 13 has a lot of fans and tennis writers excited after that display.
“One of the most sensational comebacks in Tennis today! Take a bow.”
“That was very, very impressive from Kyrgios. Much better than probably most expected,” Jose Morgado wrote.
It is just one match back in a long awaited comeback.
Kyrgios has a qaulifier in the next round where he faces Japan’s Shimabukuro Sho, the world no. 104.
Before that next singles match there is a doubles match where Kyrgios partners Alexander Bublik. That should be worth watching.