Wimbledon: So many people will be upset I'm in the last eight, says Nick Kyrgios

The 27-year-old Australian's fiery third-round win over Stefanos Tsitsipas led to his opponent branding him a bully with an evil side as again Kyrgios's antics polarised opinion. Forty-eight hours later, however, Kyrgios was a model of maturity, barely uttering a word in anger as he shrugged off a stiff shoulder and not having his A-game to reach his third Grand Slam quarter-final with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-2 win over Nakashima.

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Nick Kyrgios had to be whisked away from bar at 4 am the night before he faced Rafael Nadal in the second round of 2019 Wimbledon, the mercurial Australian revealed on Monday. Kyrgios put on a very un-Kyrgios like show in his fourth-round match against American Brandon Nakashima on the Centre Court,

He was serene as he spoke to media afterwards too, describing his satisfaction at overcoming the tenacious 20-year-old American without playing his best tennis. The world number 40 will face Cristian Garin of Chile next, with the door to his first Grand Slam semi-final wide open. Asked how he had shrugged off fierce criticism aimed his way by people such as former champion and fellow Australian Pat Cash in the wake of his toxic victory over Greek Tsitsipas, Kyrgios said he just laughed it off. "It's so funny. I joke around with my team about it so much. It's hilarious," Kyrgios, who will contest his first Wimbledon quarter-final since his debut in 2014, told reporters. "I almost just wake up and read things, and I just laugh. And I never forget things, whether it was three, four years ago, things that just stick with me. I have a massive chip on my shoulder. Like I sit here now in quarter-finals Wimbledon again, and I just