WATCH: Nick Kyrgios and Gilles Simon Make Fun of Rafael Nadal During Their Match
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The crowd’s favorite Nick Kyrgios and the Frenchman Gilles Simon put up a nearly three-hour long battle on Thursday evening in Melbourne. With crowd rooting for Kyrgios for every ace he slammed, the Aussie raised A $5,600 for the Australian relief fund’s casket.
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Towards the end of the second set, while Kyrgios was serving at 5-4, he received a time violation warning during his service motion. Right after that, the Australian had a cheeky exchange with the chair umpire.
Nick Kyrgios and Gilles Simon mimick Rafael Nadal
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He imitated the service rituals of the Spaniard ace Rafael Nadal. Rafa generally towels his face to the left and right side of his T-shirt, tucks his hair, picks his shorts and then tosses the ball. In a nutshell, Nadal takes a significant amount of time before releasing his serve. And the World Number 26 Nick Kyrgios brought up the same matter by mimicking Rafa during his Thursday’s encounter.
A few minutes later Gilles Simon acted in a similar manner. Upon receiving a time violation warning, the Frenchman asked the chair umpire. “Do you have a date?” Kyrgios shook his head and asked him to continue with his serve. Simon ignored Kyrgios and mimicked picking his shorts, everyone in the stadium including Kyrgios laughed.
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Kyrgios and Simon give their best Nadal impersonations when given their respective time violations. 😂
They seem pretty spot on!
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Stream: https://t.co/YVc8u4pCVY#9WWOS #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/MAoYHE8iXP— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) January 23, 2020
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🤦♂️ https://t.co/x0gPi5Q3Ra pic.twitter.com/UAdRDvWs04
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) January 23, 2020
High-quality tennis in Melbourne
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In the match, Kyrgios was hanging in there during the long rallies and patiently returned on Simon’s court. In the third-set Nick Kyrgios was leading by a break. However, the Frenchman turned it around and kept the action on-going on the Melbourne Arena. Kyrgios was 4-2 up in the third set, but he dropped four games in a row and drove the match into the fourth set.
In the fourth set, Kyrgios held the decisive break of serve at 6-5. In that game, he squandered three break points. By converting the fourth one he progressed to serve for the match. Kyrgios swiftly sealed a 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win over Gilles Simon at Australian Open 2020 after playing some high-quality tennis.
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