On the grass of the Stuttgart tournament, the Australian achieved his first ATP success since March 2025. “Being back is exciting after a wrist reconstruction and four knee surgeries”, these are his words
“Being back is exciting after a wrist reconstruction and four knee surgeries. Thanks to the fans, I’m staying for you guys”, these were the words of Nick Kyrgios at 250 in Stuttgart following his first ATP victory since March 2025, against the no.8 seed Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-4. From Miami to Germany, from concrete to grass. The surface that has given him the most satisfaction in his career, with the icing on the cake being the Wimbledon final in 2022, the best career result in a Slam. A return that surprises perhaps even more after a great match by the Australian against the world number 36. This is the first victory against a top 50 player since the 2022 US Open for Kyrgios, when he beat the then world no. 1 Medvedev in the round of 16. With this result he will return to having a ranking from Monday and will face the Japanese Sho Shimabukuro in the second round.
the match
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The match seems like an old-fashioned grass classic, with very short and quick rallies. It lasts only 1 hour and 14 minutes, the time needed for Kyrgios to get a break per set, which will then be enough for him to take home the match quite easily. The Australian makes the difference, as has often happened in his career, with his serve. In both sets he immediately went ahead, and didn’t even concede a break point to Moutet for the entire match, winning 83% of the points with the first, which he fielded with a very high percentage of 84%. Eight aces, but many excellent serves and above all unscrupulousness in going to the net by Nick who scores some excellent volleys, also drawing applause from the Frenchman. Who in fact almost never manages to enter the exchange, without having the time and possibility to push from the back or vary the game with his sweet left hand. In the end, the former world no. 13 closed with an excellent forehand to follow a powerful serve, without excessive celebrations, exchanging a friendly greeting with Moutet at the net, as if he had won a normal match on grass, as has not actually happened to him since Wimbledon 2022. So yet another attempt at a competitive comeback by Nick Kyrgios, after years of appearances on social media and statements seeking sensationalism, got off to the best possible start.