Kyrgios Doesn't Care, Imitates Federer, Hits 45 Aces ● Nick Kyrgios Is Different

Enjoy all the action, anytime of the day, all night, come on down here and give us a big hug. Enjoy everything that Brisbane International has to offer. The shots that he can produce are just phenomenal. And his serve is one of the best in the world. So the problem is, if he's on, he comes around, and he hits shots like that. Makes it look easy. And he can hold serve very, very quickly, and then all of a sudden... Just a reminder, these guys did play in the final last year in 2018. Rematch of the final. This is the thing with Nick Kyrgios, his serve is so good, that no matter how he's feeling at the other end... It's untouchable at times, isn't it? Yeah. 215 kilometres an hour. Out wide, a second serve. Slaps long. Well, first time he's faced a few... It's nice to have that in the bag, though. Supposed to play to the server's speed between points. I don't think there's anyone quicker on the tour than Kyrgios between points. Well, it's only at 12 at the moment, because Harrison's actually trying to slow him down. Second serve. Ryan Harrison leads, 4-3. There's not much he can do about that. On the Kyrgios serve. 40-30. Ace number 10. Another love service game and Ryan Harrison. What's this? Nah, I think that's Ryan's. Thanks, mate. I think that was Ryan's record. It's OK. This game, it's quick from both players. Harrison now in the lead, 1 minute 34 seconds. 4-0. Great chase from Ryan Harrison, but the hands from Kyrgios... It's like going to the court for pre-season. Literally, it's 20 minutes. Yeah, done. Session's done. Finished for today. We've worked hard. Drops in. Love 15. Game. It was actually pretty good footwork for the first time in the match there for Nick Kyrgios. It's a good shot. 4-3, Kyrgios. 5-4, Kyrgios. Well, there's a couple of backhands in this tiebreak. We talk about making a technical change in the off-season and... 6-5, Kyrgios. Too good. Nick Kyrgios, he takes the opening set and he does it in style. Seven games to six. Keeps handling the pressure. Shot. Oh, yeah. Guesses the right way. 4-2, 13. Kyrgios. 50-0. Ace, number 20. Volzhenko is yours. Another composure from Harrison. You've got Kyrgios moving forward. 4-3, 13. A forward tweener. A 30-all. Yeah, it's building, isn't it? You can just start to feel it. It's simmering there now. Game, Kyrgios. 2-volley. Outs. 50-0. I mean, absolutely on fire. On fire. Like normal. I mean, Kyrgios plays a point like that, which we've seen once at set point in the first set. It's a good point from Ryan Harrison. It's virtually a match point, isn't it? Having to step up and hit a second serve like that. That's good. Game. Harrison. Serves his way out of trouble. That's a huge hold in the context of this one. Not going to happen. Wow. And then now what happens? Yep. It's a great return from Ryan Harrison. It's too good. Love 30 again. Nick Kyrgios. He's up three match points in style. Well, it wasn't this much better movement. Defended this well. Probably went the wrong way with this volley, Ryan Harrison. Gave Kyrgios too much space up the line. 5 break points saved in the last two games. That's a great effort from Ryan Harrison. 30 low. One thing that hasn't changed too much is how well Nick Kyrgios has served. Oh. I actually think the pick up off the net was more impressive than the tweener. 30-15. There's nothing conventional about the way this guy goes about tennis, is there? This is interesting. Advantage Harrison. Jay Harrison. And there we have it. The first break of the match goes Ryan Harrison's way. 6 games to 5. Kyrgios has the first set. Wow. 14-15. Didn't hold back on that one. Game in second set, Harrison. Good effort from Ryan Harrison. He's leveled this match at one set all. 15 low. 207 second serve. 14 low. Do you have the unforced error stats up there? I don't have them. What stats do you have there, Harrison? I can ask. You want to know? Yeah, how many I want. For you? Well, we can tell you at the change of ends. Nick Kyrgios has just asked Renaud Lichtenstein, and that's why he's on the walkie-talkie here, can he have his unforced error stats for the match? I don't think I've ever seen somebody ask the umpire for their unforced error stats. That's a good backhand. 30-15. 40-13. We talked about that first serve percentage. 83%. Not convinced he got to this one, but it doesn't matter either way. 83%. Too good. 220. Nick Kyrgios has hit 40. Winning shot, great running and retrieving from Harrison. 30-15. Yeah, Nick definitely thought this was not coming back. Actually did well to get there. Again. Great little feel here. Oh, he actually volleyed that. That makes that even tougher. 41. Base number 42. Didn't quite get that one. Only 213 kilometres that second serve. Odds. Again. Here. Well, makes no mistakes that way. It's another ace. Again. Harrison. Six games total. Well, it's anyone's. 1-0. That's the second serve. Here. 218 kilometres an hour. Make it five. 3-2. Here. Well, it's been a match dominated by serve. That is as lucky as it gets. As you can hear him say, that was a broken string on serve. So if that ball comes back over the net from Ryan Harrison, it would have made it very difficult for Kyrgios. 42. 63. Still two match points. Six fast. Saves another one. So that's five match points Kyrgios has had so far. Again. He does it. Nick Kyrgios. He survives. 7-6, 5-7, 7-6.