Rafael Nadal is knocked out of the 2017 Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati as he got defeated in straight sets against Australia's Nick Kyrgios in the quarter-finals of the men's singles event on Saturday.
During the encounter, Kyrgios broke Nadal's serve in the opening set to take an early lead of 4-0 before Nadal put up a good fight and saved match points in the second set to get back to 5-5.
Nadal is all set to dethrone British tennis star Andy Murray off the ranking after the former pulled out of the Cincinnati Masters with hip injury
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