ANALYSIS: Even in defeat to Daniil Medvedev, Nick Kyrgios served up box-office entertainment
to the tournament favourite? In the early stages, it seemed so. Kyrgios has a tendency to make meltdowns out of molehills, and here again was a classic case.
Kyrgios's second double-fault of the match had the same effect as the first — Medvedev pounced and took the second set 6-4 in 44 minutes. The third should have been a formality, but there was a surprise in store in the seventh game — an unpleasant one for Medvedev, but a life-affirming delight for everyone watching.
The moment of the night — one for Kyrgios's career highlight reel, even — came when Kyrgios served out the third set and lost himself in tongue-wagging celebration — one part frilled-neck lizard, two parts Gene Simmons. A muttering mess only 40 minutes earlier, now he had the crowd under a spell. The pity of such an engaging contest was how unsportingly the Melbourne crowd treated Medvedev — a fact even Kyrgios acknowledged, to his credit. During the match itself, Medvedev allowed himself nothing more demonstrative than a few fist pumps. After it, he sarcastically unleashed on the crowd and not without justification.
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