Stuttgart Open: Kyrgios falls to Wu in straight sets
Yibing Wu defeated Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday evening and will play Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics in the next round
Nick Kyrgios in Stuttgart 2023 (Imago/Panoramic)
Chinese Yibing Wu beat Australian Nick Kyrgios, the No 8 seed, 7-5, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Stuttgart Open at Tennis Club Weissenhof on Tuesday.
Wu, ranked No 64, will face Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics next.
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First win on grass for Wu taking out Kyrgios 7-5 6-3!@boss__open | #BossOpen pic.twitter.com/pPhXRvClIL
Kyrgios reached the semi-finals in Stuttgart last year.
The two will play again at UTS in Los Angeles next month.
Stuttgart ATP250, other first-round results (Tennis Club Weissenhof, grass, EUR 718.410, most recent results first):
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Tommy Paul: tuesday
- Marton Fucsovics beat Denis Shapovalov: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
- Christopher O’Connell beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-1
- Aslan Karatsev beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6, 6-7 (8), 7-5
- Gregoire Barrere beat Oscar Otte (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Feliciano López (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Richard Gasquet beat Christopher Eubanks (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Matteo Berrettini (7): 6-1, 6-2
- Lorenzo Musetti beat Borna Gojo (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Jiri Lehecka beat Marcos Giron: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
