Nick Kyrgios and Alex de Minaur are scheduled to face one another in the round of 16 of the 2022 Canadian Open on Friday, August 11.
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Nick Kyrgios is in the kind of form that suggests he could easily have been a top-10 player, and with his current form, it won’t be long before he achieves that goal. In the second round here, he provided yet another reason to suggest the aforementioned, as the Australian defeated world number one Daniil Medvedev. Kyrgios defeated his Russian opponent 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the third round. This is his joint-best finish in Canada. Nick Kyrgios faced only two break-points in the entire match, and he saved both of them with ease. Kyrgios now has 15 wins from his previous 16 matches, with Novak Djokovic being the only player to defeat him.
Those were two difficult sets, and de Minaur took his time, but he eventually defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of this competition. De Minaur defeated Dimitrov by a similar score. In two hours and four minutes, he won 7-6 (4), 7-5. The first set was served, with neither player giving the other any break-point opportunities. De Minaur won the tie-breaker but then lost his serve in the first game of the second set. The Australian leveled the score at 1-1, and both players saved a few break points before de Minaur broke Dimitrov in the 12th game of the set as he served to stay in the match.
Nick Kyrgios and Alex de Minaur are scheduled to face one another in the round of 16 of the 2022 Canadian Open on Friday, August 12. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 8 till August 15.
The 2022 edition of the Canadian Open is set to begin from August 8 and go on until August 15. The men’s final is scheduled to be on August 15 and the women’s one is set to be held on August 14. There will be six rounds of play in the main draw excluding the qualifiers.
| Competition Stage | Date |
| Round of 64 | August 8 |
| Round of 32 | August 10 |
| Round of 16 | August 11 |
| Quarter-final | August 12 |
| Semi-final | August 13 |
| Final | August 14 (Women’s), August 15 (Men’s) |
| Player | Seed |
| Daniil Medvedev | 1 |
| Felix Auger-Aliassime | 2 |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 3 |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 4 |
| Casper Ruud | 5 |
| Andrey Rublev | 6 |
| Jannik Sinner | 7 |
| Andy Murray | 8 |
| Country | Where to watch |
| Australia | beIN Sports |
| Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
| India | Voot/Sports18 |
| UK | Amazon Prime Video |
| US | Tennis Channel |
