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Evening Standard
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Amy Francombe

How Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios became the most controversial player in tennis

He’s the “bad boy of tennis” who’s been called the “most cretinous player” in the sport’s history, but Nick Kyrgios – or “Nasty Nick” – doesn’t care what you think.

“Umm… because I do what I want,” the hot-headed Australian replied on Sunday to a reporter asking him why he was breaking the strict all-white dress code. “It’s more attention for me. What’s that saying? Any publicity is good publicity, right?” He continued while brazenly wearing a red baseball cap to receive his runner-up trophy from the Duchess of Cambridge after losing 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbedon’s men’s final.

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