Nick Kyrgios has declared himself one of the world's best grasscourt players on his day, as he prepares for Wimbledon.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT QUEEN'S CLUB: Nick Kyrgios ruled himself out of a doubles partnership with Andy Murray at Wimbledon but believes his friend will take some beating at Queen's.

Before Nick Kyrgios, the enfant terrible of Australian tennis was Brydan Klein, who won his first Grand Slam match at 19 and then saw his career implode amidst a series of punishments.

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.

Channel Seven planned to show world number one Barty's game after Nick Kyrgios' match with fellow Australian Jordan Thompson.

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.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: There has been precious little bad blood spilled on the lawns of the All England Club but that could change when Rafael Nadal takes on Nick Kyrgios.

There are some superb match-ups on the fourth day at Wimbledon. British supporters will be cheering on Cameron Norrie on Centre Court against Kei Nishikori.

Australian tennis star Ash Barty's second round match against Belgium's Alison van Uytvanck will take place on court two instead of centre court at Wimbledon on Thursday.

Despite the 41 places which separate them in the world rankings, this feels like anybody's game in their first meeting since February's fiery clash in Acapulco lit the touch paper for a war of words.

Kyrgios was seen socialising with friends and chatting to girls at Wimbledon's Dog & Fox pub on Wednesday evening, according to a sports commentator on Twitter.

Three minutes into the conference, the journalist said 'Nick you played a great match'. Kyrgios turned to face her and his eyes lit up. 'You were at the pub last night,' he said,

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 crashed out of both the singles and mixed doubles competitions at Wimbledon in the last 24 hours.

The debate about whether Nick Kyrgios is good or bad for tennis will linger at Wimbledon but the man himself will not following defeat in the mixed doubles last night.

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.

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.

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

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.

It was was a night of competition, revelry and fun for fans of tennis and badminton. Superstar tennis athletes the Williams sisters were in attendance, playing a set of doubles.

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 was in full best friend mode as she headed to the US Open in New York to support Serena Williams. She looked effortlessly fashionable in a floral summer dress.

The Duchess of Sussex was seen with a friend heading into Modo Yoga location in the West Village of Manhattan. Meghan, 38, joined a surprisingly full class of up to 60 people at the eco-conscious studio.

A throwback snap shared by a royal fan account showed how Meghan, 38, and Dame Anna, 69, sat stony-faced and appeared not to talk while watching Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2016.

It was a see-and-be-seen event at New York Fashion Week on Tuesday, with some of the best and brightest showing up to view the self-titled collection of tennis pro Serena Williams. 

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.

Serena, 38, has given her 11.8 million Instagram followers a glimpse at her luxurious vacation, sharing snaps as she posed by the pool and hit the kids slides with her little girl.

HENRY DEEDES: Judging by his appearances over the past week, we must therefore assume that through Rishi Sunak's bulging veins flows nothing but pure liquid nitrogen.

HENRY DEEDES: There is a fairground spookiness to Parliament (pictured) at the moment. Most areas are boarded up or deserted.

Rarely do tributes between political opponents extend beyond leaden platitudes. Before yesterday, the most sincere words of support I've heard between party leaders came after David Cameron's son Ivan died.

The 25-year-old from Milton Keynes created history on Tuesday night by becoming the first woman to beat a man at the PDC World Darts Championship when she overcame Ted Evetts.

The 16-time world champion quit two years ago after losing the PDC World final to Rob Cross. But now Taylor would like to come back to the pro circuit according to PDC chairman Barry Hearn.

EXCLUSIVE: The Norwich-born star, who had a film made about her life story in 2019 called Fighting with My Family, has been retired from wrestling due to a neck injury since April 2018.

British Cycling was subjected to a UK Sport review into the culture of its elite programme in 2016, but the sheer scope and breadth of this look into UK Athletics is thought to be unprecedented.

British Cycling have been dealt a major financial blow after HSBC pulled the plug on their £20million sponsorship deal four years early.

Britain's double Olympic champion was due to retire from short-course triathlons to concentrate on the Ironman circuit. Brownlee, 31, said: 'I am now going to have to extend it for another year.'

O'Sullivan is a five-time world champion and his dad was spreading the word from when he was just a small child, including to one of the country's greatest ever footballers.

They are the two oldest children of their power couple parents Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. And it seems 6-year-old North and 4-year-old Saint West are finally getting a long.

The star rang up customers buying her shapewear collection on the day of it's Nordstrom launch. Kim held a scanner as she completed the purchase, before handing off the bag.

Kim Kardashian treated her 160 million Instagram followers to an eye-popping tour of her children's playroom on Wednesday. She and Kanye West share North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.

She's never been one to play it safe with her fashion choices. Yet Kim Kardashian clearly found a look that worked for her on Sunday as she modelled three similar latex Balmain ensembles.