Daniil Medvedev expresses that If Kyrgios 'plays like this till end of the tournament, he has all the chances to win it.'

Nick Kyrgios brushed aside Daniil Medvedev in the US Open with the result finishing 7-6(11) 3-6 6-3 6-2 meaning the Russian will now lose his No.1 rank.

Despite this Medvedev made some very positive comments towards his opponent after the loss.

“It was a high-level match,” said Medvedev. “I’ve played Novak, Rafa. They all play amazing. Nick today played kind of their level, in my opinion. He has a little bit of a different game because he's not like a grinder in a way. At the same time he can rally."

“It was a really high-level match from him. If he plays like this till end of the tournament, he has all the chances to win it. But he's going to get tough opponents, so it's not sure.”

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Although Medvedev explained how impressed with Kyrgios he was he had a few reasons for why he wasn't at the best he could have been.

“Nick played good. I mean, it was pretty even till the third set, then he got a little bit the better of me,” he said.

“Physically I started feeling little bit worse in the third set, so I think that was a little bit the key. I don't know how he was. Maybe he was also. Yeah, physically I started just feeling a little bit more tired."

“It's a pity because today I felt a little bit sick. The thing is in USA I get sick (at least) once for sure in the swing because the AC is just crazy. Last year it happened in Cincinnati. So that was a good thing because, I mean, usually you don't get sick two times in two, three weeks."

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Even though Daniil Medvedev had his reasons for not performing and being his best physically he didn't want to let that take anything away from Kyrgios' performance.

“I felt my throat a little bit today. I think that physically maybe that played a little bit of a role. At the same time it's not an excuse at all because Nick played good, he beat me in Montreal, I was not sick.”