"He's fired up, I'm fired up too" - Tsitsipas on facing Kyrgios on grass
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With Wimbledon just around the corner, the world's eyes are turning to the warm-up events around Europe.
At one of them, the Halle Open, Stefanos Tstisipas will face Nick Kyrgios in what promises to be a real crowd-pleaser. Both have great game styles for grass, and their fans will be in full force come their showdown.
Despite what many people may think, Kyrgios has found another lease of life in terms of motivation recently, with him coming into his own form and results wise.
This has had a knock-on effect for the Aussie, who recently admitted that his ultimate ambition would be to win Wimbledon. This comes in the midst of his preparation to face number two seed Tstisipas.
It is not just the man from Down Under who is ready to give it his all either, with the Greek coming into their match-up in good form himself.
Pre-match, he was keen to stress how he was just as up for it as the fans may think Kyrgios was after what he said about wanting to win at SW19.
"He made it tough. It wasn't easy. I had to bring some good tennis at the end and I did. Everything was extremely close. I was really trying to find a little gap... those small opportunities that were somewhere afloat."
"It's one of those matches where I said to myself just go out and enjoy it... It was very spontaneous and very free-spirited. That's the right way to put it. It really brought something different out there today."
"I can say playing him on grass for sure is going to be quite difficult. I'm just going to go out there and enjoy myself. Let's see what that brings. He's fired up playing on the grass-court season. I'm fired up too. I really hope to have a great match against him and be able to really sustain the level at its very highest."
