Australia young gun Nick Kyrgios knocked top seed Roger Federer out of the Madrid Open on Wednesday with a stunning 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (14/12) victory. Kyrgios, who beat Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon last year, sent down 22 aces to Federer's 15 and next faces John Isner of the United States. "I've been playing well recently on the clay, so I knew I had a good chance to go out there and do well. I stuck to my game and served well and I got the win," said Kyrgios who was runner-up on clay at Estoril last weekend.
"I couldn't return his first serve, I had a horrible performance on return of serve," said Federer. "That made life difficult for me. "I'm disappointed with how I played on returns, and that cost me the match."