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Game-by-game coverage from the HSBC Championships
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Big interview: Nick Kyrgios | And you can email Daniel
So what of today? Lehecka isn’t just a servebot – he’s extremely useful off the ground too – but I’m interested to see how he handles the occasion, Going on to court before one match last year, he was overheard berating his team for putting too much pressure on him by saying he could be world no 1. This is not the kinds of conversation I’d expect Sinner or Alcaraz ever to have had, reason being they’re both born killers. And, though it’s a proclivity that can be nurtured, it suggests a testy relationship with pressure and entitlement.
Good news for the British no 1.