Nick Kyrgios should have been happy breezing into the third round but thereтАЩs something really playing on his mind at Wimbledon.
Nick Kyrgios is into the third round at Wimbledon after beating Gianluca Mager 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 6-4 on Friday morning.
The Aussie had a much easier time getting past the Italian than he did overcoming 21st seed Ugo Humbert in the first round, after their clash went for five sets across two days because of WimbledonтАЩs curfew rule.
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Kyrgios was up to his usual tricks on Court 3. Before match point against Mager he wandered over to the stands and asked a fan where he should serve, the woman leaning over and whispering into his ear.
He won the point easily, pointing to the spectator in gratitude after wrapping up the comfortable straight sets victory.
ItтАЩs the fifth time in his career Kyrgios has reached the third round at Wimbledon, sending down 29 aces and whipping out 48 winners in a dominant performance that included just 11 unforced errors.
However, there were still times when the 26-year-old lost his temper, once again raging at the quality of the surface. Midway through his match against Humbert, Kyrgios complained the grass court was too slow and he was back at it again on Friday morning.
тАЬItтАЩs not even real grass!тАЭ he yelled to the crowd at 5-5 in the first set. тАЬI donтАЩt know if you know this, but on grass itтАЩs supposed to slide away.
тАЬNow it just pops up, itтАЩs ridiculous.
тАЬMake it real grass! Jesus.тАЭ
Speaking to the umpire, Kyrgios added: тАЬI feel like IтАЩm playing at Roland Garros. ItтАЩs an absolute joke.тАЭ
Kyrgios also argued with the umpire after being called for a foot fault, but kept his cool to close out the match in an hour and 50 minutes.
