- Australian wins ill-tempered affair 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Both players risk censure in incident-packed match
For all of the drama that forever surrounds Nick Kyrgios, there has been one undeniable constant of his season so far – his tennis. Quietly, Kyrgios is playing the best tennis of his life and, even though he has competed sparingly, almost every time he has taken to the court this year his level has been high. As a consequence, he has put himself in the position for the deep grand slam run that has evaded him so far in his career.
But it sure is difficult to talk only about tennis with all of the drama that surrounds him. In a contest that lived up to all of the anticipation, veering from gripping, quality tennis to farcical, unadulterated chaos, Kyrgios inserted himself deep into Stefanos Tsitsipas’s psyche and eventually emerged as a victor, defeating Tsitsipas 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3 7-6 (7) to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon.