'They're here to watch us, not you!' - Nick Kyrgios in foul-mouthed rants on towels, clock at Australian Open

It would not be an Australian Open without some kind of complaint from Nick Kyrgios about towels, the shot clock or something similar to an umpire. After seeing his serve broken for the first time in the tournament against «heavy favourite» for the men's singles title, Daniil Medvedev, the Australian decided to express his displeasure in the form of a good old-fashioned towel rant. Ad/> At 2-3 down to the Russian in the opening set, Kyrgios found himself already a tad hot under the collar as he remonstrated about the lack of towels at the back of the court during the early stages of the match.

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We have to request — it is the way that they do it now. I'm sorry. We have the same opinion.» Kyrgios, eventually cooled by the umpire's response, finally ended the conversation by saying, «I've got you».

Moments later, the Canberra star delighted the crowd, perhaps sensing they had gone a bit flat by his slow start, with an underarm serve that ended up winning him the point. Despite the fact that Medvedev spotted it coming, he was not able to stop Kyrgios from claiming the point with his cheeky showboat. «He's got away with it! Medvedev was up to it.