Published: January 15, 2019
- Home hope: ‘He was way too good for me tonight’
- 6–4, 7–6, 6–4 defeat is Kyrgios’s earliest Australian Open exit
There have been several times in his career when Nick Kyrgios has been guilty of not giving his best but at the Australian Open yesterday, he was simply outplayed by a better player. His 6-4, 7-6, 6-4 defeat by Milos Raonic, the 16th seed, gave him his earliest exit from his home grand slam and means he will fall further down the rankings to the high 60s. Having said he was “in a good place” on the eve of the tournament, the 23-year-old now faces a battle over the coming months to get himself back toward the top of the game.
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