MATTHEW LAMBERT AT QUEEN'S CLUB: Kyrgios gave an interview before the French Open in which he described Djokovic as 'cringeworthy' and said he had a 'sick obsession with being liked'.

MIKE DICKSON AT QUEEN'S: Nick Kyrgios repeatedly insulted umpire Fergus Murphy and suggested that line judges were 'rigging the game' in a petulant first-round display.

MIKE DICKSON AT QUEEN'S CLUB: Kyrgios was fined almost £14,000 on Friday over his unsportsmanlike conduct after outbursts blemished his two matches on Thursday afternoon.

He is about as unpredictable as they come but on his day he can be a handful on the court. But can you name the current world No 43 from when he was a youngster?

Kyrgios faced his fellow Australian - ranked just one place behind him on the ATP tour - in a match full of histrionics, with both players receiving code violations.

The disgraceful lack of coverage of Barty's first round game at Wimbledon  against China's Zheng Saisai was called out as Australia's 'spoilt brat' Kyrgios' game was aired.

Kyrgios's match with compatriot Thompson had been going for two hours before Barty started hers against Zheng Saisai, and the broadcaster stuck with the men's clash rather than switch over.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: The 32-year-old won 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 on Court No 1 and will play the controversial Australian who knocked him out in 2014 in one of Wimbledon's great upsets.

Keen observers noticed Bouchard - who was eliminated in the first round of the ladies singles - chose to side with Kyrgios during his second round grudge match against Rafael Nadal.

Nick Kyrgios confessed he was aiming to hit Rafael Nadal with the ball during a rally in their bad-tempered second-round Wimbledon encounter, which the Spaniard won in four sets.

The pair lost their mixed doubles game on Friday to opponents Marcus Daniell and Jennifer Brady but Kyrgios seemed more interested in his parnter Krawcyzk, 25,  during the press conference.

First he dispatched a rank outsider. Then one of the biggest rebels in tennis. And yesterday Rafael Nadal came up against the eternal entertainer that is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and again prevailed.

Sportsmail's KIERAN GILL brings you the inside stories from Wimbledon ahead of the second Wednesday at this year's Championships, where Nishikori is said to be under the weather.

Matthew Syed, who represented Great Britain in table tennis and now works as a journalist, claimed Kyrgios, 24, puts on a carefree public persona to excuse his own shortcomings

Just days after crashing out of Wimbledon in the second round, the 24-year-old posted a picture on his Instagram of himself growing up in Canberra. The tennis star played basketball for the ACT.

This is the moment that tennis-bad-boy Nick Kyrgios was captured pegging a water bottle into the umpire's chair. 

The crowd was blown away after Kyrgios, 24, managed to beat his opponent Norbert Gombos, 28, on Saturday after a back and forth rally that ended with Kyrgios diving across the court.

Usually when Nick Kyrgios is creating headlines it can be for controversial reasons. But tennis's 'bad boy' was at the centre of a feel-good moment during his straight sets victory over Norbert Gombas.

Australian tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios has shut down a spectator who attempted to heckle him during a recent training session.

Nick Kyrgios has taken issue with comments made by tennis greats about his on-court antics and the state of his mental health ahead of his first round US Open match.

Kyrgios' first-round win against American Steve Johnson was his first since copping a record $US113,000 ($A167,000) fine for a spectacular meltdown during a tournament in Cincinnati.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Tennis's authorities are coming under pressure from inside the locker room to take firmer action against Nick Kyrgios after his latest outbursts at the US Open.

Nick Kygios shrugged off yet more off-court controversy to ease into the third-round of the US Open with a straight sets win over Antoine Hoang. The Australian won 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Nick Kyrgios claimed video games were ruining him and demanded a linesman be removed during a typically dramatic exit from the US Open in New York.

Rod Laver says Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios needs to stop trying to be an entertainer and take a discipline pill in order to maximise his undoubted potential.

The Australian bad-boy dated Croatian-Australian tennis ace Ajla Tomljanović for around two years until 2017 - but she appears to have moved on with a rival.

The 24-year-old Australian was given a six-month probation period and faces a lengthy suspension if he doesn't promise to be on his best behaviour for six months.

Nick Kyrgios' six-month probationary period will start on Monday after the Australian opted not to appeal the punishment handed down by the ATP last week.

MIKE DICKSON IN PARIS: The former British No 1 defeated Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 6-3 to set up a meeting against Argentinian number one Diego Schwartzmann.

The 24-year-old admitted during a post-match interview at Friday's ATP Cup-opening in Brisbane that his hometown of Canberra remains front of mind.

The unlikely doubles pairing defeated two-time grand slam doubles champion Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury 3-6 6-3 18-16 to send Australia roaring into the ATP Cup semi-finals.

The bizarre moment happened during the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday, when he began cleaning up the area around his courtside bench.

The elite athlete revealed he has stopped eating meat and dairy in a post online about the devastating impact of the bushfires on the Australia's wildlife.

The Australian No.1 also sampled some local Mexican cuisine with the female tennis player on Thursday two days after retiring hurt from an ATP World Tour first-round match in Acapulco.

It seems to be love all for tennis badboy Nick Kyrgios who starred in a very romantic Instagram post with Russian player Anna Kalinskaya.    

Glamorous party girl Monique Belovukovic, 21, was driving her black Mercedes through Sydney's Surrey Hills when she was pulled over by highway patrol officers.

The Australian tennis star took to Instagram on Monday and posted the message in the hopes of helping those struggling during the pandemic.

Former tennis prodigy Monique Belovukovic, appeared in court for sentencing after she pleaded guilty to driving with an illicit drug present in her bloodstream/oral fluids last month.

Simona Halep's Wimbledon championship has lifted her from No. 7 to No. 4 in the WTA rankings, and runner-up Serena Williams moved up to No. 9.

The Sports Illustrated Fashionable 50 gala brought out a bevy of celebrities in Hollywood on Thursday.

She was the runner-up at Wimbledon this month and kicked off the summer by launching her own clothing line.

Alexis, 36, reflected on his 16-weeks of paid paternity leave in a New York Times op-ed, saying the time off taught him how to care for his family.

Serena Williams dropped just one game as she blew China's Wang Qiang away 6-1, 6-0. It was the American's 100th victory at the US Open, and at 44 minutes the quickest at this year's tournament.

Priyanka Chopra had all eyes on her at the Couture Council Award Luncheon in New York ahead of Fashion Week on Wednesday.

Meghan Markle is understood to have touched down in New York, after being delayed on the commercial flight. The 8.25am flight was delayed by one hour and 17 minutes.

SARAH VINE: My children would be the first to tell you that I am not the most sentimental of mothers. But even I would have thought twice about leaving my firstborn at home at just four months.

Serena, 37, wore her hair in tumbling corkscrew curls, accessorized with a pendant necklace and stepped out in pointed toe yellow heels.

This mom-to-be has had a busy day. Just after attending Serena Williams' show Ashley Graham took some downtime before heading to the Savage X Fenty Show by Amazon Prime Video.

Serena Williams stripped down to her swimsuit on Saturday to enjoy a relaxing pool day following a busy few weeks at the US Open and NYFW.

The tennis champion, 37, was enjoying some well-earned chill time with her adorable daughter Olympia, two, in a fun snap posted to her Instagram page on Tuesday.