The Australian tennis player revels in defying convention and now returns to the scene of his 2022 final loss – where tradition is everything
As Nick Kyrgios trained on the Aorangi practice courts at Wimbledon on Thursday, a club photographer snapped a moody portrait that seemed to capture the Australian’s essence. Wearing his white peaked hat backwards and sporting a dangling necklace, two earrings in his left lobe and a full beard, Kyrgios’s eyes were narrowed and his brow furrowed. For that split second, with his glance cast towards the camera with suspicion, last year’s finalist appeared as watchful as a toddler about to have their favourite toy taken away.
Never one completely in love with tennis, the Canberran has additional reason to feel angst heading into the major beginning on Monday after a difficult preparation.
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