Nick Kyrgios: 'That drunk woman didn't bother me ... I've been on nights out in my life'
“I feel like I've been committed these two weeks - but what more can I do?,” he said. “I've stayed in most of the time. I've tried to get good sleep, eat well, not even have a beer here or there. I've committed everything I can commit and I just came up short. I was taught that's all right. Even though it sucks - of course it sucks. Right now I'm replaying points back in my head from that match that I wish I could have back, but it is what it is.”
Kyrgios didn’t think Djokovic was out of this world but praised his coolness under pressure in 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 triumph. “He’s just really composed. It's weird, I felt like he didn't do anything amazing. He returned obviously the way he returns. But it just seemed like he was never rattled.”
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Hide AdAt a crucial moment the Australian was irritated by shouts from a well-refreshed female spectator. “I wouldn't say she cost me the game, he said, “but I'm playing the Wimbledon final against probably one of the best players of all time - I don't need someone absolutely smashed talking to me point in, point out.
“Listen, I'm all for having a great time. I've been on a couple nights out in my life, and I knew that she had too many. I told the umpire, asked what he was going to do. He didn't know she was drunk.”
After much under-achievement in his career, Kyrgios reflected on reaching his first Slam final with surprise but also pride. “I'm just not supposed to be here. Like, I'm a kid from Canberra. Literally a month ago I was in a facility playing basketball with some boys back home. I said to one of them: ‘You know, I think I'm going to like have some fun and maybe win Wimbledon. Here I am as a finalist without having hit more than an hour a day. I think: ‘How am I here? Just how am I here?’ You know, it's pretty cool.”
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