"It's constant bullying, that's what he does," the Greek fourth seed said in his post-match press conference after their third-round match. "He bullies the opponents. He was probably a bully at school himself. I don't like bullies. He has some good traits in his character, as well. But...he also has a very evil side to him, which, if it's exposed, can really do a lot of harm and bad to the people around him." The mercurial Australian prevailed 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) in the match, during which both players were handed code violations by the umpire. Kyrgios even demanded the Tsitsipas be defaulted for hitting the ball into the crowd.