Not enough went wrong for Novak Djokovic against German qualifier Mischa Zverev on Friday night to deny the world No.1 a place in his seventh Shanghai Masters semi-final in as many attempts.
The 21-year-old Australian was still not out of pocket after the tournament, taking home more than half of his second round loser's prizemoney.
While Andy Murray says he and Nick Kyrgios share locker-room chat about various things - tennis, basketball, sport in general - the world No.2 has offered himself as a willing sounding board for far more substantial issues. "You don't want to see young guys who are in the spotlight struggling and making mistakes," Murray says. "Doing things that ultimately hurt them."
Nick Kyrgios doesn't need to tone it right down. Like McEnroe and Ivanisevic before him, he needs to find a way to turn it up when the moment arrives.
A leading sports psychologist says Nick Kyrgios' China meltdown is just part of being a "rollercoaster athlete".
Among all the bad decisions Nick Kyrgios made on Wednesday in Shanghai (not trying, or even pretending to, verbally brawling with the crowd, et al), the last was to be unapologetic about the effort he had just not made. It was hard to know what was worse: the on-court non-performance, or what followed in the interview room.
Australian tennis player refuses to acknowledge any responsibility to the paying public after failing to 'show up' for unedifying debacle.
Another outrageous chapter has been written in the turbulent career of Nick Kyrgios.
Painfully, in several respects, Bernard Tomic has retired mid-match for the fourth time this season. The 40 minutes he played against Spanish 15th seed Roberto Bautista Agut may also be the Queenslander's last in what has been a slightly below-expectations year.
The new Nick Kyrgios headed straight from the court to the gym after his 6-4, 6-4 Shanghai Masters defeat of Sam Querrey for some injury-prevention and strengthening work with fitness coach Martin Skinner. The old Nick Kyrgios might have done, well ... not that.
Next year's Brisbane International will boast a star-studded field, with Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori and Dominic Thiem locked in to contest the January tournament.
Something happened to Nick Kyrgios at the US Open, and not just a tearful third round injury retirement against Illya Marchenko.
Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt says Nick Kyrgios is in the "next group" of players who can step up to win a grand slam.
For Kyrgios, an impressive, demanding, and sometimes difficult tennis season is almost over.
Nick Kyrgios has shot up the world rankings with his Japan Open triumph. And the Australian summer is closing in.
Third-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska defeats Britain's Johanna Konta in straight sets to win the China Open.
Nick Kyrgios has won the biggest title of his fledgling career.
Tennis fans will pay about the same for 2017 Australian Open tickets as the did in 2016, according to tournament organisers.
Tokyo: Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios is into the final of the Japan Open after beating Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4 in their seim-final in Tokyo on Saturday.
Australian sixth seed Nick Kyrgios is on track for his third title of the year, winning through to the semi-finals of the Japan Open with a 6-4 6-2 win over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.
Nick Kyrgios will face Luxembourg's Gilles Muller in the Japan Open quarter-finals after the Australian was gifted a run into the final eight.
Maria Sharapova can expect a spree of wild cards when she returns to the game at the end of next April, according to Steve Simon, the head of the Women's Tennis Association.
Bernard Tomic has been thrashed in the opening round of the Beijing Open, going down to Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets.
The planned venue for Roger Federer's comeback from injury will also be the site of Nick Kyrgios' New Year return, with the Australian electing to defend the Hopman Cup title he won with Daria Gavrilova rather than contest the ATP tournament in Brisbane in the same season-opening week.
Tennis superstar investigates suing for governing body over "bad judgement and faulty conclusions".
The top sports court in the world reduced Maria Sharapova's two-year suspension for taking meldonium, a heart medication that was banned this year.
Aussie tennis star Nick Kyrgios has blown a one-set lead over South African Kevin Anderson to lose in his opening match at the Chengdu Open in China.
To tennis champion Serena Williams, a decision to let her 18-year-old nephew drive her to meetings so that she could safely use her phone in the car filled her with misgivings.
Australia's Samantha Stosur has fallen victim to Tokyo champion Caroline Wozniacki at the Wuhan Open, suffering a straight-sets first-round defeat.
Andre Agassi believes controversial Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios can go to world No.1 if he fixes his attitude.
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