Nick Kyrgios booked himself a spot in the Australian Open doubles final alongside partner Thanasi Kokkinakis and their semi-final victory sparked wild celebrations on the Melbourne court at the Rod Laver Arena.
The Australian duo defeated Argentine Horacio Zeballos and Spaniard Marcel Granollers in straight sets, 7-6, 6-4 on Thursday morning to set up a final with fellow Australians Max Purcell and Matthew Ebden.
Unsurprisingly Kyrgios - who has caused plenty of headlines at the Grand Slam - and his partner celebrated in style, and after securing the match-winning point the 26-year-old raced over to Kokkinakis before jumping into his arms and falling to the floor.
The home nation pair have put on somewhat of a giant killing run through the Melbourne competition, and were therefore rewarded a spot to play their semi-final in the Rod Laver Arena.
Their remarkable run then continued, after seeing off third seeds Zeballos and Granollers in one hour and 47 minutes in front of a raucous home crowd.
In typical Kyrgios fashion though, their victory did not come without some controversy as the Aussie still had time for an expletive rant, an argument with the umpire and a smashed racket.
When the Australian pair came almost within touching distance of victory late in the second set, a hyped up Kyrgios lost his serve forcing him to smash his racket into the court floor.
He then even went on to complain to the home crowd - who had spent most of the game spurring up - after hearing talking between his serve, even flicking them the middle finger.
However all of this frustration finally led to jubilation as Kokkinakis landed an impressive match-winning lob to spark the wild celebrations.
After the game both Kokkinakis and Kyrgios had praise for the Melbourne crowd, with the latter describing the atmosphere as ‘insane’.
Kyrgios commented post-match: “I've played a lot of singles matches around the world in amazing atmospheres but this week with Thanasi, nothing beats this, this is insane."
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Aussie partner Kokkinakis went on to echo the 26-year-old’s praise on the crowd, adding: “It's all about the crowd, the atmosphere, that gets us going and we worry about the tennis second.
“It brings the best out of us and I don't know if we would have got this result anywhere else.
“I think both of us bring something different, different energy, different sort of charisma on the court, but we just enjoy it and have fun.”
