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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Emma Kemp

Nick Kyrgios in form of his life and under intense scrutiny at US Open

Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios enters the US Open in the kind of form that could net him a first grand slam singles title.
Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios enters the US Open in the kind of form that could net him his first grand slam singles title. Photograph: Paul Chiasson/AP

You wouldn’t know Nick Kyrgios is getting sued based on his Instagram page. While a Wimbledon fan he accused of being drunk was preparing her legal papers, the subject of her litigation was cruising around Manhattan in a rickshaw, a Book of Mormon program in hand, grooving to beats, enjoying the Times Square tourist jaunt. “LUV NY,” he captioned the video.

Start spreading the news, he’s leaving today. Kyrgios is in New York and everyone is watching. Rarely does the Australian not command international attention, but perhaps never has there been so much of it as now, in the week before the US Open begins. On the court he is a Wimbledon finalist with the potential to win his first grand slam. A slouching, sauntering vessel of expectation whose game has hit its rapscallion best. Off it, he is distracted on two different fronts.

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