Australian Open – ‘It happened!’ – Nick Kyrgios wins an armpit set to stun Dominic Thiem

Nick Kyrgios drove home fans into a frenzy with an incredible underarm player to win the second set of his match against Dominic Thiem at the Australian Open.

The Australian mercurial delighted Melbourne fans from the start with an impressive array of underarm strokes and serves, with the 2020 United States Open champion totally stunned.

Eurosport expert Jo Durie noted in comments that Thiem was left “completely lost” by the wild game, but inspired by Kyrgios after two sets of magic.

The seedless Australian left the crowd in awe as he not only won the second set with style, but also with an underarm ace.

Chris Bradnam, in a comment to Eurosport, stated: “It happened!”, When Thiem was unable to respond to the underarm loot that left him rooted to the ground.

“The underarm ace holds the set! Thiem has a mountain to climb,” roared Bradnam.

It was not the first time that the 25-year-old defeated shocked Thiem comprehensively in the match, and he beat him with another underarm serve early in the set, much to the disbelief of his opponent and fans.

To Thiem’s ​​credit, he responded to a cheeky Kyrgios counterfeit to try another armpit strike at the next point perfectly, while hitting an emphatic winner.

Kyrgios interpreted the opening set in a similarly inspired way, closing it off to huge roars from the enthusiastic crowd at John Cain Arena.

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