Australia's fascination with NickKyrgios has blossomed into a full-blown obsession. A peak of 3.363 million viewers watched his fourth-round clash with RafaelNadal - more than the highest-rating program in all of 2019.
Australia's fascination with Nick Kyrgios has blossomed into a full-blown obsession, with the tennis star's fourth-round clash with Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open proving a ratings monster for rights-holder Nine.
That made it the highest rating program of 2020, and it could take some topping. In 2019, the highest rating program was the State of Origin openerNick Kyrgios lost a brilliant four-set encounter against Rafael Nadal.The men's final of the 2019 Australian Open, between Nadal and eventual champion Novak Djokovic, was the sixth-highest with 2.11 million viewers, ensuring Kyrgios will at least finish as the tournament's undisputed box-office star.
On the court, his tennis is always entertaining but this time it was sparkling. His match with Nadal always shaped as a heavyweight challenge and that's exactly how it transpired, with Kyrgios playing perhaps the best match of his grand slam career in defeat.He hit the ball so hard at times he could only shake his head when the Spanish great kept returning it again and again.
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