The Special Ks took a selfie with their opponents in the tunnel, walked out on to a heaving centre court, and played their way into an unlikely Australian Open doubles final. Then Nick Kyrgios exercised some rare self-restraint and resisted the urge to “destroy” Michael Venus, one day after the Kiwi called him “an absolute knob” who has the maturity of a 10-year-old.
The remarks by Venus, who was one part of the duo beaten by Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis in the quarter-finals, were left to hang unacknowledged until the pair’s press conference following their 7-6 (4), 6-4 semi-final triumph over Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina.
