{"id":26041,"date":"2025-07-27T22:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/26041\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T22:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:55:09","slug":"nick-kyrgios-praises-the-incredible-talent-on-the-atp-tour-who-he-thinks-is-very-underrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/26041\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios praises the ‘incredible’ talent on the ATP Tour who he thinks is ‘very underrated’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After being out of action for several months, Nick Kyrgios finally made his return to the ATP Tour at the Washington Open. <\/p>\n

Prior to Wimbledon, where he is a former finalist, Kyrgios suffered an injury setback<\/a>, which saw him miss the entire grass-court season. <\/p>\n

Having made his recovery, the Australian featured in the doubles event in D.C., where he and partner Gael Monfils<\/a> suffered a first-round exit.<\/p>\n

During his time in Washington, one ATP<\/a> star has caught Kyrgios<\/a>\u2018 attention and looks to be playing the best tennis of his career.<\/p>\n

\"NickPhoto by Rich Storry\/Getty ImagesNick Kyrgios names the \u2018very underrated player on the ATP Tour<\/p>\n

In a post on his Instagram story<\/a>, Kyrgios shared a clip of a point he played with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. <\/p>\n

He captioned the video: \u201cPoints like this. Low key, in my opinion, very underrated player, incredible talent, Foki v Demon Washington final.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davidovich Fokina is set to play Alex de Minaur<\/a> in the Washington Open final after an impressive campaign in the American capital.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard has earned victories over Learner Tien, first seed Taylor Fritz<\/a>, and Ben Shelton<\/a> en route to the championship match.<\/p>\n

\"AlejandroPhoto by Scott Taetsch\/Getty ImagesAlejandro Davidovich Fokina\u2019s improved results in 2025<\/p>\n

Before this year, Davidovich Fokina had made just one final in his career, which came at the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2022, where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, in 2025, he has already reached three, having advanced to the last stages of the Delray Beach Open, the Mexican Open, and now the Washington Open. <\/p>\n

FinalOpponentScoreWashington OpenAlex de Minaur\u2013Mexican OpenTomas Machac7-6, 6-2 (L)Delray Beach OpenMiomir Kecmanovic\u00a03-6, 6-1, 7-5 (L)Alejandro Davidovich Fokina\u2019s three ATP Finals in 2025<\/p>\n

Though he has never won a title in his career, Davidovich Fokina continues to get closer and is in red-hot form heading into his clash with de Minaur.<\/p>\n

He has a head-to-head record of 2-2 with his next opponent, with their last match coming in the Canadian Open semi-final in 2023, which went the way of the world number 13. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n