Nick Kyrgios upsets Milos Raonic at Wimbledon – Tennis News | TVNZ

If he is to be fined, we’ll know Saturday, Wimbledon’s press office said in an email.

Kvitova had only lost three games in her first two matches and led 4-2 in the second set before Jankovic turned the match around.

Those who feel it their duty to uphold the traditions of the sport no doubt see the undemonstrative Raonic as an infinitely preferable role model, and the 24-year-old with the impeccably coiffed blue-black hair would certainly make a successful guest at a rural Surrey vicarage garden fete.

“I like it”, Kyrgios said.

“It’s disappointing”, said Raonic. “You know, sometimes you just don’t have your day”, said Williams, who lost in the third round at Wimbledon previous year. His aptitude on grass is not in doubt, with the manner of his victory over Rafael Nadal past year showing he loves the surface, and 34 aces and a flurry of stunning passing shots showed Kyrgios to be a truly multi-dimensional exponent, one who could soon be pushing for the Wimbledon title.

The tension reliever seemed to spark the youngster as he began to produce his best tennis of the match. It harkened back to Isner’s record 70-68 fifth-set victory spread over three days in 2010, but he and Cilic have a looooong way to go to equal that marathon.

“She started laughing. I thought that’s what she said”. “When I find that balance, I play some really good tennis”.

He shouted advice from the sidelines to spur Kyrgios on against Milos Raonic on Court Two – before being rewarded with a selfie and a message of thanks.

He went for spectacular winners, bantered with the crowd, pumped his fists and shouted.

Without Tomic and Kyrgios, the country’s top two players, Australia would take on Kazakhstan with Hewitt, Sam Groth, teenage ace Thanasi Kokkinakis and any number of candidates for the last spot in the four-man line-up. He hit second serves at 200 km/h. Raonic then likewise rose to the occasion, fending off two break points in a row with his forehand, holding serve and nerve.

Djokovic making an exceptional shot at the net.

But pushing the boundaries, Kyrgios received a code of conduct warning from chair umpire Manuel Messina after bouncing his racquet into the crowd. A male fan caught it and handed it back to him.

“I don’t fear anyone”, he said.

It set the tone for the rest of the contest, the multi-dimensional Kyrgios not only out-rallying Raonic but out-serving him too, something few opponents achieve.

“I still have the pictures in my mind where Edberg and Becker and all those guys, they had more colour”. “That was a distraction enough on its own”.

But even more noteworthy, Kyrgios contravened the tournament’s strict predominantly all-white clothing rule by donning a headband that was mainly purple and green. Williams needed three match points, cashing in the last with a backhand return that forced a miss by Watson. “I thought I returned really well today”.

Kyrgios struggled with the noonday sun and played a awful, loose game to lose the first set. Raonic got an early mini-break, but Kyrgios soon resumed control and won 7-3. Raonic had 62 total winners, one more than Kyrgios, but the Australian had only 13 unforced errors, compared to 21 for the Canadian.

Meanwhile, Richard Gasquet of France improved to 5-0 against Grigor Dimitrov by beating the 11th-seeded Bulgarian 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court to make it to the second week of Wimbledon for the first time since 2012.