19-year-old Aussie Nick Kyrgios has shocked Spanish world number one Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in one of the great upsets.
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And although it wasn’t a cake-walk, Kyrgios was chill enough to hit winners like this.
“Are you not entertained??!!”
Kyrgios is the first player outside the top 100 to defeat a world number one at a major tournament in 22 years!
1. Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios loves Greece because his father Giorgio is Greek.
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2. Nick Kyrgios has divided loyalties at the World Cup.
3. Nick Kyrgios’ idol is Roger Federer…. who won his first Grand Slam when Kyrgios was nine years old.
4. He was a bit chubs in his youth… but kept balling with Wu Tang.
“@stu_fraser: Some nice lines from Nick Kyrgios' mum on how he first started http://t.co/jEADstwc3e ” #greatread
— Paul McNamee (@PaulFMcNamee)
7. When it comes to choosing Beats, he loves pink.
London bound. Love this guy so much! #Bro #Hench #LebronFace #EuroStar #Beats #Almonds
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios)
8. His speed lines are sharper than his backhand
9. He plays a lot of FIFA
Kyrgios vs @andrew_whitt93 - sorry bro had to do it!! #floodgates #kyrgioswins
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios)
Spending the morning playing Call of Duty & Fifa online. Good old days. #relax
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios)
10. He’s stoked he’s not flying economy
13. His best mate is fellow Greek-Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis
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19. He’s swag… but won’t admit it
"I've been told I have swag but to be honest I don't really know what that is" says @NickKyrgios #humble #NKrising
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia)
We’ll be watching Kyrgios play Canadian 8th seed Milos Raonic, Thursday morning at 2am AEST… we have a new favourite tennis player Australia!
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Mark Di Stefano is a political editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in Sydney.
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