Despite the controversy swirling around him, Nick Kyrgios has reached his first-ever grand slam semi-final. He stormed through to the final four at Wimbledon, just hours after being accused of assaulting his former girlfriend. 7NEWS
Kyrgios had too much firepower for Cristian Garin, eliminating the unseeded Chilean 6-4 6-3 7-6 in two hours, 13 minutes on Wednesday - barely 24 hours after being summonsed to a Canberra court over an assault allegation.The 27-year-old is required in the ACT Magistrates Court on August 2 to potentially face a common assault charge amid reports he grabbed his former girlfriend Chiara Passari in an incident before Christmas last year.
“Honestly, I didn’t go about things great earlier in my career and I thought I may have wasted that little window.” “Then some things just changed in my life. I don’t know. I kind of just rediscovered that I’ve got a lot of people that want me to play, that I play for. “We’ve had some absolute battles on that centre court. He’s won one against me, and I’ve won one against him,” Kyrgios said.
But the 36-year-old noted pointedly his health was more important then a third Wimbledon title and record-extending 23rd grand slam. For his triumph over Fritz might just have been Nadal’s most unfeasible yet, as he got treated off-court at one set down and 4-3 up in the second for an injury clearly restricting his freedom of movement and serving speed.“They told me I need to retire the match,” shrugged Nadal - but the idea was anathema to him.
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