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how wimbledon defeat will motivate kyrgios 
Tennis
From thundering serves to X-rated outbursts at his own box, Nick Kyrgios was his usual self during his loss to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.
But after Djokovic was crowned champion for the seventh time, the cameras captured a very different Kyrgios to the animated one we are more familiar with.
Kyrgios had admitted in the lead-up to the final that he “never thought” he would be here, at his first grand slam final, and yet that did not make the final result any easier to take.
After the match Kyrgios was left to ponder just how close he was to becoming a “tennis immortal”, as the Aussie put it.
It was an opportunity Kyrgios did not take for granted, knowing how hard he had worked to get to this point, knowing there was no guarantee it would come again.
Djokovic, though, was confident this would not be the last time we will see Kyrgios competing for a grand slam title, telling him: “Nick, you’ll be back. Not just at Wimbledon, but in finals”.
Kyrgios himself said if he had won, the motivation may have no longer been there to push towards the top of the tennis mountain.
That pinnacle is closer than it has ever been for Kyrgios, who said he was “right there” in the hunt for his first grand slam title, and wasn't deterred by the loss against Djokovic.
Words: Andrew JacksonProducers: Andrew Piva, Stefan Centofanti and Helen Simmons
																																								

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