Big test next for Kyrgios

THE toughest assignment in men’s tennis – Rafael Nadal on clay – looms next for Nick Kyrgios after the Australian’s win at the Madrid Open.

Kyrgios yesterday did what his compatriot Bernard Tomic could not – down American Ryan Harrison.

And the lanky Canberran did it with ease in the 6-3, 6-3 victory that took little over an hour.

Nadal, though, did not have it all his own way and took nearly three hours to put away enigmatic Italian Fabio Fognini 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-4.