US Open: Is Nick Kyrgios too bad to be good?

If Nick Kyrgios had any doubts as to how the wider tennis world might react to his recent misdemeanours they have probably been removed by his experiences at two public events here in the build-up to next week’s US Open. The 20-year-old’s comments to Stan Wawrinka in Montreal a fortnight ago, when he claimed that his fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis had “banged” the world No 5’s girlfriend, have been widely condemned, especially by his peers.