Nick Kyrgios' up-and-down season continues, but the Aussie firebrand is earning high praise for a classy showing during Andy Murray's long-awaited tennis comeback at the Cincinnati Masters this week.
Murray has battled serious injury all year, with genuine concerns that his career was over following the Australian Open in January.
The three-time Grand Slam champion was in action in the singles in Cincinnati this week, taking on France's Richard Gasquet in the opening round.
It wasn't to be for the 32-year-old, who went down 6-4 6-4, but he had some big-name support watching on.
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Kyrgios, who was just hours away from playing Lorenzo Sonego in his first round match, was a notable presence courtside for the match.
After claiming victory at the Citi Open in Washington DC a week ago, Kyrgios then had a meltdown at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.
After plenty of negative press following his first round exit to Kyle Edmund in Montreal, Kyrgios was earning huge praise for his classy showing in Cincinnati.
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— Western & Southern Open (@CincyTennis) August 12, 2019
President and Vice President of the @andy_murray fan club 😁#CincyTennis | 🎥: @TennisTV | @NickKyrgios | @feliciano_lopez pic.twitter.com/sJhDlGKBpn
Good to see 👏
— roger (@rogerc32) August 12, 2019
Great to see both kyrgios and Lopez watching their friend. ❤️
— Nicola Rae (@nicnak475) August 12, 2019
My second favorite part of the match was seeing Kyrgios cheering Murray
— Kyrgioptimist (@cindycyndi_) August 12, 2019
Nick Kyrgios here to watch the singles comeback of his buddy Andy Murray.
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) August 12, 2019
Gasquet takes first set 6-4. #CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/lRpNCnBxzs
Nick Kyrgios is sitting in the front row behind Andy Murray, cheering him on.
— Adam Baum (@AdamJBaum) August 12, 2019
Kyrgios plays a singles match of his own in 3 hours on Grandstand court #cincytennis
This sweet eternal bromance between Murray and Kyrgios warm my heart 💖💕♥️
— Rossana (@Rossana_Capo) August 12, 2019
For all Kyrgios’ trangressions on the court I have a lot of time for his friendship with Murray. https://t.co/2SssELmMjU
— Martha Kelner (@marthakelner) August 12, 2019
