Nick Kyrgios lost his cool and damaged a racquet (pictured) in the early stages of his clash with Ugo Humbert at the Australian OpenĪlicia Gowans, the girlfriend of Kyrgios' brother Christos was back in the players box, two nights after she was ordered out of his box during the early stages of the first round clash. Look at the replay,' a fired up Kyrgios told the chair umpire. 'Reset the machine, because the ball is this far off the net. He let his frustrations show as he argued with umpire Marijana Veljovic, claiming that serves that was passing well over the net were triggering the net sensor and demanding the device be reset or turned off. Kyrgios looked like making it a hat trick of disappointing losses for the locals as he struggled in the first set. Tomljanovic served for the match at 5-3 in the second set but the Romanian showed her champion qualities to deny the Australian, reeling off four straight games to square the match at a set-all before winning 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. That was followed by the crushing disappointment for Ajla Tomljanovic who came so close to an extraordinary victory over No.2 seed Simona Halep before ultimately losing in three sets. Tomic's performance brought scorn from former Davis Cup captain and now commentator John Fitzgerald, who accused him of not trying. Kyrgios' hard-fought victory salvaged Australian pride after earlier disappointments, with Bernard Tomic being bundled out in straight sets. Nick Kyrgios kept his Australian Open alive with an incredible comeback win after staring death in the face at two match points down
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