Nick Kyrgios

2022 - 8 - 30

kyrgios vs kokkinakis

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Sydney Morning Herald"

US Open 2022 live updates: Serena Williams begins last grand slam ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Serena Williams' final grand slam campaign begins on centre court this morning, followed by an all-Australian clash between Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi ...

Not a lot of love going the way of the visitor. Williams is firing up in a big way. Williams, even by her own admission, isn’t the player she once was. It sounds like it is a dead set A-grade of A-grade celebs who have made their way to Flushing Meadows this evening. She takes it as Williams loses her service game. Williams gets the job done and although we’re not there, the crowd sounds absolutely electric. Huge applause after snaring the first set. A couple of claps from the crowd. Williams leads 2-0 in the first set. Well the train came off before the first serve, but, no. Williams saves a break point with a massive wide serve to the backhand side. Williams take the first set 6-3

Nick Kyrgios defeats doubles partner and fellow Australian Thanasi ... (ABC News)

Nick Kyrgios beats his good friend and the other half of the "Special Ks", Thanasi Kokkinakis, to give Australia four winners on the first day of the US ...

"We are going to play each other, hopefully, never again. "We just know each others' games like the back of our hands. "When we both saw the draw, it was a nightmare, honestly. "He knows my game well. "I have so much respect for him. "I thought I played a really good first couple of sets and got on top of the match early," Kyrgios said.

'One of the most uncomfortable matches I've played': Kyrgios ... (Fox Sports)

'One of the most uncomfortable matches I've played': Kyrgios' emotional presser after Kokk win.

Just the buzz that she brought, you know, breaking history with the amount of people watching and buying tickets, it is incredible,” he added. I felt like I dealt with it pretty professionally, the first couple of sets were pretty much flawless.” It was fun.” “It was good. I was really trying to not look at him at all. “Just from the get-go I was trying to block out, like, his body and just play the tennis ball.

Stars drop out of Kyrgios' path after 'nightmare' (Wide World of Sports)

It was yet more evidence of Kyrgios' maturity, with the Aussie following his incredible run to the Wimbledon final with a show-stopping US hardcourt season that ...

Of Bonzi, Kyrgios had this to say when quizzed on what he knew about the Frenchman in his on-court interview: "Very solid player, having a great season. Walking onto an arena on a come down after the high of watching In a match that lacked some of the fizz and pop that has become a trademark of the Kyrgios show, the absence of aggravation is perhaps an upside of the Kokkinakis "nightmare" that will help the Wimbledon finalist save mental energy for the bigger battles to come. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by He can do so without questions relating to on-court controversies ringing in his ears, with Kyrgios avoiding confrontation with the chair umpire and the crowd as he took care of Kokkinakis. Both players still have plenty of work to do to get to that potential meeting in the second week of the tournament, but already the draw has opened up to an extent for Kyrgios, with his second round opponent, Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, taking care of a dangerous potential match-up for Kyrgios in Ugo Humbert. Humbert has twice extended Kyrgios to five sets in grand slam matches in recent years, while Bonzi, a 26-year-old ranked 50th in the world, has never made it beyond the second round of a major. Yet, for Kyrgios there are once again genuine and growing hopes of a serious campaign in the singles, and with the Kokkinakis clash out of the way he can look ahead to a potential fourth round clash with Russian world No.1 Daniil Medvedev. [Nick Kyrgios](https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/nick-kyrgios) explained what a "nightmare" it was to face his best mate Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first round of the US Open, after [overcoming his doubles partner 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)](https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/live-scores/nick-kyrgios-v-thanasi-kokkinakis-us-open-2022/256803). You'd expect a best of five set match against the tournament favourite to be a different ball game but on recent form Kyrgios would go in an even money bet. It was yet more evidence of Kyrgios' maturity, with the Aussie following his incredible run to the Wimbledon final with a show-stopping US hardcourt season that has made him the fourth favourite to win the US Open despite a difficult draw. "I can't wait to get out there and play doubles with him on the right side of the net.

'Never again': Kyrgios can't stand 'nightmare' (NEWS.com.au)

Nick Kyrgios has romped into the second round of the US Open, crushing his doubles teammate Thanasi Kokkinakis in straight sets 6-3 6-4 7-6.

“I just want her to enjoy the moment. He turns it into a bit of a circus around him and he’s just so comfortable with that,” Kokkinakis told AAP before the match. It was a crazy slot for the Aussie pair as 9pm on opening night is usually reserved for the defending champion, world No. “I’ll just kind of chill out, follow the score to see what my warm-up is and all that, but that’s for her. Halfway through the second set, Aussie tennis legend Todd Woodbridge said: “What I’m loving is he always talks about putting on a good show, it (the show) used to be about the antics, now it’s about the racquet. Newscorp’s head of digital sport Emily Benammar tweeted: “Is there a rule book for the Nick Kyrgios player’s box? I wouldn’t want to see her lose. Would like to see a copy if there is one”. I couldn’t imagine it. I’m sure we’re going to talk about this one day.” Live Coverage of ATP + WTA Tour Tournaments including Every Finals Match. Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS on Kayo.

Nick Kyrgios gives cheeky drive-by to Stefanos Tsistpas before ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Kyrgios takes cheeky shot at Tsistpas before motoring into US Open second round ... The Aussie wasn't even playing against the world No.4, but took the time to ...

“We just know each other’s games like the back of our hands. “We’re going to play each other hopefully never again. Bautista Agut thrashed Kyrgios for the loss of only seven games in New York last year but his demise leaves the Canberran with a seed-free path to a possible last-16 showdown with world No.1 and defending champion Daniil Medvedev. “I can’t wait to get out there and play double with him on the right side of the net in a couple of days.” Kyrgios wasn’t looking forward to facing Kokkinakis and, true to his word, there were no histrionics from the prodigious talent - just the odd laugh between the pair. We never want to play each other”, Kyrgios said after the match. The players had a little laugh with the umpire, but Kyrgios soon got down to business. Kyrgios broke Kokkinakis in each of the first two sets, then clinched the win in a tiebreaker to take bragging rights in the all-Australian affair 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4) at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night. A cheeky Kyrgios reminded the umpire that, “I don’t have a coach”, before firing off a brutal barb at Tsitsipas - with whom he has had a patchy competitive relationship - that you can listen to in the video above. But the combustible Aussie star still managed to fire off a shot, but it wasn’t across the net to his good mate Kokkinakis. It was a largely clinical performance, with little controversy and few blow ups - which have become a customary part of the Kyrgios “circus”, as Kokkinakis described before the match. [Nick Kyrgios](https://7news.com.au/sport/nick-kyrgios) continued his brilliant run of form this year to beat his close mate Thanasi Kokkinakis in straight sets in the first round of the US Open.