Nick Kyrgios' expletive rant to pump himself up after injury struggles in Australian Open: ‘Keep serving’

I knew I wasn’t going to be able to get you guys on my side,

Fearnley told the pro-Kyrgios crowd

I was curious to see how it was. You never know what’s happening,

he said about the reception

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I was happy about the crowd,

said Sinner, who has not tasted defeat since losing to Alcaraz in the Beijing final in October

This is a tournament I really want to win one day, hopefully this year,

said the 21-year-old Spaniard

I went out there, I would say 65 percent of my capacity,

he told reporters

Obviously Wimbledon is a big one for me,

he said

Hopefully, if my body's feeling good, I'll be able to make some noise at Wimbledon,

he said

I'm one of the biggest servers on tour and I'm getting outserved tonight,

he said

I knew I wasn't 100 per cent going into this match,

he said

Obviously extremely nervous before the match, I didn’t get much sleep,

Fearnley said on court

You can see Nick Kyrgios is starting to unload again. I'll keep apologising, everybody. It might still keep on coming, the bad language from Kyrgios. He's just venting to his team."

The broadcasters were forced to apologise for his outbursts as they were audible on the stream of the match, with commentator Mikey Perera saying

Just keep f***ing serving, alright? I'm here now. I'm here now so I may as well just keep serving,

At one point in the first set, trying to rev himself up by giving himself words of encouragement and also trying to engage with the crowd, Kyrgios said ... which was picked up by the broadcast

I shouldn't be out here,

The 2022 Wimbledon finalist attempted to nurse an abdominal strain throughout the opening stages and could even be heard saying

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Realistically I can’t really see myself probably playing singles here again,

Kyrgios said

I always say that it’s hard work,

Alcaraz said

He’s a really solid player,

Alcaraz said

I knew tonight was going to be tough. With my physical state going into the match, I knew that I was going to be really hindered with my serve,

he said

I tried to do the best I could with the state I was in physically,

he said

It’s obviously not what I expected,

Fearnley told the Press Association in October

Nick hasn’t had the luxury of playing multiple [singles] matches leading in, so he can make the most of his early draw and build match fitness that way,

Millman said