NICK KYRGIOS DELIVERED an instant classic of a meltdown at Wimbledon today.
The Australian is up against Richard Gasquet in a fourth round match in SW19, but things are not going his way.
Quite the opposite he might tell you.
The 20-year-old was openly aggrieved with the umpire’s calls after he lost the opening set to the Frenchman.
Two games into the second set, he incurred a violation for swearing. And, on Gasquet’s serve in game three, this happened.
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Those serves aren’t faults, that’s an Australian happily conceding a game: strolling along the baseline, hitting limp-wristed returns. Kyrgios finished off that game by sarcastically applauding the umpire.
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Updated 4pm
Kyrgios came out swinging in the third set to show that, when he makes an effort, he has plenty of talent.
Along with embracing a hesitant ball boy, Kyrgios managed to force a tie-break in both the third and fourth set, but lost the second of those and with it the match: 7-5, 6-1, 6-7, 7-6.
