Roger Federer faces Marin Cilic in a titanic quarter-final clash, while Britain’s Andy Murray takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the other half of the draw.
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Kyrgios, an admirer of Murray’s growing up, was brushed aside 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 after just one hour and 42 minutes.
Matching Murray’s ability on the grass court for the better part of the first set, Nick Kyrgios soon lost his focus in a game that initially promised to be an entertaining game fizzled out as he didn’t read his full potential because of his clear attitude on and off the court.
Kyrgios later revealed he played computer games on the morning of the match.
Outspoken and polarising tennis player Nick Kyrgios will need to significantly alter his attitude into one that at least somewhat resembles that of a professional athlete trying to be number one, says Andrew Gaze.
Tsonga’s epic win over Isner lasted two days but the Frenchman was not taxed in his fourth-round match, with countryman Richard Gasquet forced to retire because of a back injury in only the seventh game. “They weren’t easy. A few of the sets came down to just a couple of points”.
Like Murray, Federer has not dropped a set so far at this year’s tournament and sounded relaxed when asked about his chances of winning a record-breaking eighth title.
Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga square off in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Wimbledon. “I think he’s definitely got a great chance”, Kyrgios told reporters.
“With the recovery, I think it was actually a good day to play a set”.
“Obviously I try my best to win my matches and go as deep as possible”. I’ve been to the fourth round at grand slams before.
Murray will have a fierce opponent in Kyrgios, a man who famously overcame Rafael Nadal at the same stage two years ago.
“You can learn from the matches you play against him, but every match is different in individual sport and if you put in a bad performance you can easily lose. They’re just striving to get better and better, and he’s certainly done that”.
“I’m going to flip it on its head, this is how good he is without any of this (support and commitment)”.
“Nowadays, I know how hard these events are to win and I take nothing for granted any more”.
“Perhaps he said things in his interview after the match that perhaps he shouldn’t have said”, Philippoussis said.
Federer has reached the last eight without dropping a set, easing to four successive wins on Centre Court.
Kyrgios, the 15th seed, who was fined a total of $6 500 for outbursts during the tournament, did little to help his case in a moody press conference.
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“He is improving all of the time”, said Murray. “I never fully played freely in the match”.
