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Kyrgios beats Seppi to reach Open quarters

Published: 25 Jan 2015 - 02:27 pm | Last Updated: 17 Jan 2022 - 08:23 pm

Nick Kyrgios

MELBOURNE--Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios fought back from match point down to beat Andreas Seppi in five sets to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday.

The 53rd-ranked Kyrgios defeated the 46th-ranked Italian, who beat Roger Federer in the last round, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) 8-6 and will play either Andy Murray or Grigor Dimitrov in the round of 16.

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