10 Tennis Players Who Could Take Over The Sport

5. Nick Kyrgios

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnV28ydcHm8 As the home of Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Ken Rosewall, Australia has long been a heavyweight tennis nation with a proud past, producing serial major champions with each new generation. Nevertheless, the last decade has been a fallow period in the men€™s game as Lleyton Hewitt has found himself unable to cope with the increased power of his adversaries and the likes of Bernard Tomic have let their talents go to waste. All that could be about to change, however, as at this year€™s Wimbledon a player appeared almost from nowhere to produce one of the biggest shocks of the modern era. When Rafael Nadal stepped on Centre Court on 1 July, he faced a 19-year-old wildcard ranked 144 in the world. He left the stadium shell-shocked, as did the 15,000 in attendance; Kyrgios smashed 37 aces past a helpless Nadal to cap a four-set triumph and become the first player outside the top 100 to defeat a reigning world number one in a slam in 22 years. Why he could take over the sport: If he can produce on a regular basis the form he showed against Nadal, he will be irrepressible. Kyrgios played with a carefree nonchalance and assuredness that was startling to behold, and his rapier serve and vicious forehand left the Spaniard uncharacteristically powerless and frustrated. At just 19 years of age, anything is possible for Kyrgios, and he will be one to watch in 2015 and beyond.
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