EXCLUSIVE: Yesterday, Kyrgios lost in the mixed doubles alongside partner Desirae Krawczyk before he flirted with her in the press conference, saying, 'We've got a club set up, it is going to be outrageous'.

Wimbledon players have been fined £95,000 in 2019 with six days remaining in the tournament - eclipsing the previous record of £72,200 set during the whole fortnight in 2017.

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

The bad boy of tennis can add his latest row to the showreel after he smashed his racket in a strop before refusing to shake the hand of the chair umpire Fergus Murphy.

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.

The Australian was at his exuberant best in a semi-final win over Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday and followed that up with a tight 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4) triumph against third seed Medvedev.

The out-of-sorts Australian tennis star was beaten in the first round of the Canadian Open by Briton Kyle Edmund who closed out a 6-3 6-4 victory in 67 minutes.

The out-of-sorts Australian seemed to make the most of his time in Montreal by getting cosy with the Canadian tennis star's twin sister Beatrice, days after his most bizarre on-court meltdown yet.

The Australian tennis star could face suspension after calling an umpire a 'f***ing tool' and appearing to spit in his direction at the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday.

Nick Kyrgios has been fined $166,714 for his latest outburst which saw him smash rackets, call the chair umpire a 'f**king tool' and refuse to get ready to return serve at the Cincinnati Masters.

Tennis veteran Sam Groth has claimed Nick Kyrgios is too big a 'commodity' to lose as the 24-year-old faces suspension of his outburst at the Cincinnati Masters.

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.

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 has brushed off another row with tennis officials to give Australia three players in the last 32 of the US Open men's singles.

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.

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.

Former Australian Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter says he can't understand why Nick Kyrgios hasn't already been suspended following a series of ugly tantrums this year.

MIKE DICKSON IN GENEVA: Alex Zverev made up for the loss of an injured Rafael Nadal when he carried Team Europe to victory in the Laver Cup on Sunday night for the third time in its three editions.

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.

Nick Kyrgios 's $300k muscle car smashed into a power pole yesterday, leaving one side completely destroyed in Canberra.

The tennis bad boy's Dodge Demon, one of only four in the country, was badly damaged after crashing into the pole in Bonner, ACT, on Saturday afternoon.

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.

Australian tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios has leapt to the defence of team tennis after critics questioned the merits of the format with three tournaments played inside a four-month window.

Kyrgios will still be on his six-month ATP probation at the season-opening grand slam as part of the punishment from his meltdown during a match in Cincinnati in September.

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.

Nick Kyrgios has pledged $200 for every ace he hits this season to victims of the ongoing Australia bushfires.

Nick Kyrgios has no plans on ditching his controversial under-arm serve after using it with success once more at the ATP Cup in Sydney.

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.

During a post-match press conference on Tuesday night, an Italian journalist hinted to the 26-year-old that she might be engaged to Berrettini, who she has been dating since September.

Kyrgios hasn't made a quarter-final at a major in five years, with just four fourth-round appearances since his final-eight showing at the 2015 Australian Open.

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.

The Australian tennis star shared a photo of boxes of food on Saturday as he did his part to help some of the thousands of families struggling financially.

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.

Monique Belovukovic, 21, tested positive to cocaine when police pulled over her black Mercedes G-Class wagon on Oxford Street in Sydney on November 11.

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.

Serena Williams has snagged the cover the Sports Illustrated 's 2019 Fashionable 50 issue - and hints in a new interview that her future may hold more fashion than sports.

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.

The tennis champion launched her own clothing line called Serena. And Serena Williams spoke out about her love of fashion and what she wants for her new label in her new cover story for Essence.

Bianca Andreescu (top right), 19, became the first Canadian to win the Rogers Cup in 50 years when Serena Williams (above), 37, retired because of her injury on Sunday.

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.

On Tuesday Serena Williams showed out to usher in a new era of female tennis players. The 37-year-old was out in Soho for the Queen of the Future event and brought her daughter Olympia.