Nick Kyrgios reserved his most devastating serve at Wimbledon for Aussie tennis legends with a “sick obsession for tearing me down.”
On the way to his first Grand Slam final, the enfant terrible has been involved in rows over spitting, made the acquaintance of umpires and line judges, engaged Stefanos Tsitsipas in a slanging match and enjoyed a semi-final walkover when Rafa Nadal cried off through injury.
And Kyrgios, who could start an argument with the speaking clock, cheerfully cast himself as “the outcast of the Australian players.” In a sporting nation built on the values of the great outdoors, maybe the irrepressible showman from Canberra should stay in a bit more often. But give him credit: When Kyrgios, 27, bears a grudge, he doesn't stand on ceremony. No messing about, straight for the jugular.
