The fans began singing to drown out the sound while Kyrgios disagreed with the umpire, prompting the player to tell them “now is not a good time” and to “stop it”. “Does it feel good to be up there in that chair?” Do you feel strong up there in the chair?
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“I thought I backed it up pretty well…”
And of the antagonism with the umpire he said: ‘I just thought he thought he was top dog in the chair really.’.
“I’ve just had a little bit of a sinus infection the last couple weeks”, Kyrgios said. “I wasn’t causing any drama there”, Kyrgios said. “But I am aware of what I am saying”. I’m in pain and I’m playing a tennis match at Wimbledon second round. A bit of stress out there.”But – on-court spat or no on-court spat; it’s hard to fault homeboy’s increasingly tight game”.
“I guess my mum gets upset and that sort of thing”. In fact after the win vs Rafa a year ago, John Mcenroe had said, “I think we have found the next guy in the men’s game. [It] doesn’t really matter, you know”.
“I can’t even remember saying that”, Kyrgios added in his press conference, however.
While Kyrgios’s foul mouth and feuds with Wimbledon umpires have captured all the attention, tennis officials haven’t deemed the young Australian firebrand’s conduct worthy of any sanctioning. There was a mini resurgence from the ex- world number ten where he nearly broke Kyrgios’ serve, and the Aussie himself slightly drifted away towards the end.
Physically superior and twice as accomplished, Nick Kyrgios feels far better equipped to challenge Milos Raonic in their Wimbledon rematch on Friday.
Tomic will provide a tougher test, although the powerful 27th seed has never beaten Djokovic in the pair’s previous four meetings, which included a Wimbledon quarter-final in 2011.
This time around, the 20-year-old is a seeded force thanks largely to another grand slam quarter-final run in Melbourne.
The match will be Raonic’s third match already this week, as the 24-year-old Canadian got past Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6 in the opener and returning player Haas 6-0 6-2 6-7 7-6 in the second round.
“Obviously it’s on my mind and it’s something I want to do, but there’s a reason it’s rarely done”, Williams said.
“I have to come out on this court against him and I have to believe I can win, go for my shots. That’s not really easy”.
Granollers damaged Court 17 in a racquet-wielding tantrum during his second-round loss to Leonardo Mayer and, not surprisingly, All England Club officials were none too pleased.
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Tomic, meanwhile, overcame Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6 6-4 7-6.
