Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios has sent a huge message to his Wimbledon rivals, breezing past Filip Krajinovic in the second round.

“I just know that you can’t possibly ask me anything and stir anything up. Some people love to just tear me down. And I love it because then you can’t write anything.

Stefanos Tsitsipas in action against Jordan Thompson on Thursday at Wimbledon. © Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. ATP Staff Jun 30, 2022.

World No. 76 Thompson was aiming to advance to the third round for the second time, having reached that stage 12 months ago. Under the roof on Court 1, Tsitsipas quickly gained control, demonstrating great footwork to dictate on his forehand. Tsitsipas’ best performance at Wimbledon came in 2018, when he reached the fourth round. The fourth seed, who is making his fifth appearance at Wimbledon, struck 29 winners and broke the Australian six times to improve to 2-0 in their ATP Head2Head series. It is going to be a challenging one on grass. Kyrgios holds a 3-1 lead over Tsitsipas, having won their most recent match on grass in Halle earlier this month.

Tsitsipas defeated Australia's Jordan Thompson 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 to make the last 32 at the All England Club for the second time. Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS ...

“I’m probably going to get emotional,” she said. “I just feel like people just don’t give me the respect sometimes because of other things that I do.” The 22-time Grand Slam champion, who has not played at Wimbledon since reaching the 2019 semi-finals, admitted he needed to step up his game. “I’m definitely thrilled to be facing him. “I would say the grass is pretty tricky for me, I’m not going to lie,” said Swiatek. “I guess you can see that I’m not playing maybe as efficiently as on other surfaces. But this tournament is tricky and I’m still feeling out how to play the best game here.” “I didn’t want to remind people that I’m good; I know that I’m good,” Kyrgios said. Swiatek was in early trouble before winning four games in a row to take the first set but went down a break in the second and could not recover. He claims to like grass and I think his game is good for the grass,” Tsitsipas said. Tsitsipas’ comments came as Kyrgios launched an attack on the media for “disrespecting” him after his win over Krajinovic, and declared he is “one of the most important people in the sport”. “I respect him for his game and the way he fights ... when he wants to.” I respect him a lot on the court, what he is trying to do, although he has been a little bit controversial.

Nick Kyrgios said he 'wanted to remind everyone I'm pretty good' after sweeping aside Filip Krajinovic to set up a third-round tie with Stefanos Tsitsipas ...

“If I can just continue to play like that, I’m very dangerous.” “I was pretty disappointed in my performance in the first round. One of the most important people in the sport. “I just feel like I’m comfortable in my own skin,” he said. From the back of the court I felt like I really returned well. “Today from the get-go, I just felt really good.

It's hard to say what's been worse at Wimbledon, Kyrgios' cringeworthy on-court theatrics or hypocritical, self-serving press conferences.

Like Grub Island, as per Roy and HG’s famous Grub of the Year quest. I had to think pleasant things – those cereal variety packs your mum used to buy for holidays, kitten swapcards, the way Torville and Dean could even smile in synch – to regain equilibrium. When I come back let’s unpack the idea of Kyrgios, respect, abuse and double standards. He whinged about “the old man” linesman, a ban on double logo hats, the grass surface (too green, too slow) and the fans, whose assumed mundane job choices he belittled. After the second round, he switched up his victim mindset to gloating, saying his win was a “reminder to put [media] back in your place … dumbfounded all of you. This is a time in history when Australia needs to look mature and steady on a wonky world stage.

Three of Australia's biggest tennis stars have made it to Wimbledon's third round, with Kyrgios particularly dominant in knocking out the 26th seed, ...

While Kyrgios had the company of a few compatriots in the second round of the men's draw, Tomljanovic is the only Aussie on the women's side. - Ajla Tomljanovic is the only Australian woman left in the draw and is coming off a career-best major performance at Wimbledon last year - Nick Kyrgios served 24 aces and hit 50 winners in a dominant win over the 26th seed

Australian Nick Kyrgios had too much firepower for No.26 seed Filip Krajinovic in their second-round clash at Wimbledon 2022.

Gentlemen’s singles, second round Gentlemen’s singles, third round Gentlemen’s singles, second round I’m so excited to be here again,” Kyrgios said. “I’m just happy. “Today, I was in my zone,” Kyrgios said.