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Nick Kyrgios says he will embrace playing 'villain' role at Wimbledon ahead of first round match against Paul Jubb

Nick Kyrgios says he will embrace being the «villain» when he faces British wild card Paul Jubb in the Wimbledon first round on Tuesday. Australian Kyrgios has been in good form heading into the Grand Slam, winning seven out of his nine matches on grass this year with semi-final runs at Stuttgart and Halle before he was forced to withdraw in Mallorca earlier this week due to a minor abdominal strain. Ad/> Should Kyrgios beat Brit Paul Jubb in the first round, he could face Croatian 26th seed Filip Krajinovic in the second and then Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third.

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Nick Kyrgios happy to make 'top 10 players look ordinary'

The volatile Australian shot to fame at the All England Club in 2014 when ranked 114 in the world, he stunned two-time champion Rafael Nadal. Kyrgios has been defeating the stars and upsetting officialdom while delighting his army of fans ever since. "I've played top-10 players in the world this year and made them look pretty ordinary," the 27-year-old said on Sunday.

Bad boy Kyrgios happy to make 'top 10 players look ordinary'

Nick Kyrgios resumes his bittersweet relationship with Wimbledon, vowing to continue making "top 10 players look ordinary."

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Fit-again Andy Murray full of belief ahead of Wimbledon

Andy Murray has shaken off the abdominal injury which threatened his participation at Wimbledon, the former world number one said on Saturday before declaring that there was still a lot of "good tennis" left in him. Murray, who won the grasscourt Grand Slam in 2013 and 2016, sustained the injury during his Stuttgart Open final defeat by Italian Matteo Berrettini earlier this month, after impressive wins over Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios. The problem forced Murray, ranked 51st, to skip the Queen's Club event with doubts over his participation at Wimbledon but the Scot said things had improved since.

Tsitsipas delighted with breakthrough title win on grass

Stefanos Tsitsipas said that his victory in the final of the Mallorca Championships on Saturday was a major milestone in his career as the Greek claimed his maiden grasscourt title leading up to Wimbledon next week.

Tennis-Fit-again Murray full of belief ahead of Wimbledon

LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray has shaken off the abdominal injury which threatened his participation at Wimbledon, the former world number one said on Saturday before declaring that there was still a lot of "good tennis" left in him.

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Nick Kyrgios says he will embrace playing 'villain' role at Wimbledon ahead of first round match against Paul Jubb

Serena Williams after ‘rough injury experience’: ‘I didn’t retire. I needed to heal physically, mentally’

Nick Kyrgios happy to make 'top 10 players look ordinary'

Bad boy Kyrgios happy to make 'top 10 players look ordinary'

Andy Murray and Wimbledon: Recent form allows us to carve up draw and dream a bit

Fit-again Andy Murray full of belief ahead of Wimbledon

Tsitsipas delighted with breakthrough title win on grass

Tennis-Fit-again Murray full of belief ahead of Wimbledon