Meet Team Kyrgios, the ones who dragged him back from the brink
Kyrgios didn’t think the day would come where he would reach the semifinals of Wimbledon. After beating Chile’s Cristian Garin 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 in the quarter-finals on Wednesday, the Australian tennis star declared, “I think my ship has sailed”. “To be honest, I didn’t do great things early in my career and I think I might have squandered that little window,” he said, later adding, “there was a point where I was almost done with the sport.” Kyrgios celebrates a match point in his win over Cristian Garin. Credit: Getty Images His journey to the biggest game of his career was not a smooth one, but rather a roller-coaster ride that has included fines for inappropriate behavior on the court, including swearing and breaking rackets and public feuds with some of the sport’s big names. One night in 2019 even saw him being forced out of a pub at 4am before taking on Rafael Nadal at the All England club the following day. No doubt, Nadal won the match. All of that now pales in comparison to the