The Aussie struggled with a knee injury and couldnt match Milos pace despite a solid effort, losing serve twice and staying away from any chance on the return after winning just 10 points behind Raonics booming serve, creating no break opportunities and losing the pivotal points for another setback that extended his poor form.
After the match, Nick said he knew he could face some of the seeds, admitting he has to recover his former ranking position to avoid such things in the future. Also, he Kyrgios praised his rival, saying he was just too good and he left him no chance.
To make things even worse, Kyrgios will probably skip the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina, not being on the same side with the captain Lleyton Hewitt for quite a while now together with Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis.
In addition, Nick blasted Hewitts former coach Roger Rasheed who dropped some comments on the mentioned three players and there have been a lot of turmoils in the Australian mens tennis behind the curtain of the home Major that runs at Melbourne Park.
The greatest Australian player of all time, Rod Laver, shared good advice with Nick, encouraging the talented but rebellious youngster to draw the best from this early Melbourne defeat and focus on his game in the following months.
Nick got a tough draw. So you have to accept some of those things, . Youre down, but youre not down forever, so youve got to bring yourself up.
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