Nick Kyrgios mimics Roger Federer at Italian Open (VIDEO)

Nick Kyrgios has kick-started his clay court campaign with an impressive three-set win over world No.14 Daniil Medvedev at the Rome Masters. The Australian showed moments of his genius in a 6-3 3-6 6-3 win over Medvedev who has a claycourt final and semi-final appearance to his name already this season. However, it was a moment in the penultimate game of the match where Kyrgios was leading 5-2 and attempted a SABR (Sneak Attack By Roger). The 24-year-old rushed towards the net from the baseline to return his opponent’s serve. But unlike Federer, Kyrgios then turned around and bent over, as if taunting Medvedev to strike the ball at his backside - which he went down the line instead. After the match, Kyrgios says he plotted to use the underarm serve with fellow pro-Frances Tiafoe. “I was joking with [Frances] Tiafoe before the game saying I was going to do an underarm serve with the first shot and see what happens,” he said. “When it worked it encouraged me to keep doing it. It was a lot of fun. I think it is a good tactic against people like him. He needs rhythm and I didn’t give him rhythm today.”