Kyrgios: My greatest victory

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Nick Kyrgios

The 20-year-old saved two match points in the deciding tiebreaker before winning 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (14-12) in more than two and a half hours.

Kyrgios said the feeling of beating the Swiss legend surpassed the emotion of defeating Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon last year.

"I think this is definitely the greatest win over my career so far," Kyrgios said.

"It doesn't really feel real at the moment.

"I didn't really feel as if I was playing out there - it almost felt like I was watching.

"It was similar to that match at Wimbledon when I played Rafa. It's a strange feeling. It hasn't happened many times in my career... it's happened twice now. It's pretty exciting."

The reaction on social media was one full of praise for Kyrgios with many excited by the manner of his victory against one of the world's best players.

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at Sporting News Australia.