The current world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain will be missing the tournament due to an injury. This will leave Nadal, Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Andrey Rublev and Taylor Fritz fighting for the singles title
After claiming the first break of the match for 4-3, however, the top seed's variety of consistent, strong hitting came to the fore as he clinched a 98-minute victory.
Both the tennis stars who have been in excellent form of late will have the chance to topple Daniil Medvedev and grab the top spot to become world number one.
The Australian passed the stiff test against the Russian 7-6(11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, playing his aggressive game to triumph after two hours and 53 minutes.
The Russian will keep his World Number 1 ranking on the line against Kyrgios, who had defeated Medvedev at ATP Masters 1000 event in Canada to extend his head-to-head lead against him to 3-1. If he falls to Kyrgios, he will lose his World Number one crown.
The top seed was in command from the beginning of the match which lasted for two hours and 11 minutes. Medvedev started the match with a service break establishing his authority over the French player.