Kyrgios suffers early exit in Lyon as French Open nears


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Tennis - WTA - Rome Open - Men's Singles Final - Novak Djokovic of Serbia v Alexander Zverev of Germany - Rome, Italy- 21/5/17- Zverev returns the ball. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

(Reuters) - Nick Kyrgios and Alexander Zverev represent the future of men's tennis but there current fortunes could hardly be more different as the French Open looms a few days away.

While 20-year-old German Zverev has rocketed into the top 10 after winning his first ATP Masters 1000 by beating Novak Djokovic in Rome on Sunday, Kyrgios, 22, is struggling with a hip injury, poor form and still battling his temperament.

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