The ever-polarizing Nick Kyrgios’s third-round win over Stefanos Tsitsipas displayed—once again—why he’s good for the sport, jon_wertheim writes
“What are you talking about, bro? Bring out more supervisors. I’m not done. Bring ’em all out. I don’t care. ... I’m not playing until we get to the bottom of this. You can’t hit a ball into the crowd and hit someone and not get defaulted.”
These two players have a lot of history to start with. They both come from Greek heritage, but that’s where the similarities end. They approach things very differently. Some players know how to deal with Kyrgios and his antics, some relish it, some either get pissed off or play along with him. Tsitsipas is his own guy and this is not his thing—he doesn’t do confrontation, he doesn't do histrionics. He is a sensitive soul and Kyrgios knows this.