ANALYSIS: A good guy and 'a devil': The contradictory sides of Nick Kyrgios on show in new Netflix documentary
As one of his rivals, Stefanos Tsitsipas, says: "He's not a bad guy, he just becomes a devil when he enters the court."His skill was evident to everyone from day dot, but he lost the mental game, unable to apply himself to training off the court and struggling when things went against him on it.
He was constantly labelled the best player on tour without a slam and the next in line for one, but every time he won a match would talk about proving doubters wrong. Knowing what we know now about the year just gone, it's easy to forget there was speculation about Kyrgios's playing future beyond last year's Australian Open. Of course, only Kyrgios would be thinking about leaving a sport at the start of the year and Australian Open doubles champion and Wimbledon singles finalist by the end of it.
Carrying the hopes of a sport-mad nation became too much for him, taking a huge toll on his mental health.Crowds at Kyrgios matches are always raucous.
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