Nick Kyrgios loses to Denis Shapovalov at Toronto Masters

NICK Kyrgios has been embarrassed by the biggest defeat of his career at the hands of a tennis minnow you’ve never heard of.

Nick Kyrgios: “I don’t want to be here.”

NICK Kyrgios has bowed out in the first round of the Rogers Cup after losing his match with 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov.

Essentially a minnow in the world of professional tennis, the Canadian world No. 370 defeated his Aussie rival 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 in just over two hours at ATP tournament in Toronto.

Kyrgios was apparently disinterested in the match from the outset, serving at lightning speed with only a few seconds between points and allegedly saying he did not “want to be here” during the first set.

Nick Kyrgios quotes from 1st set: "This is a joke." "I can't play." "I don't want to be here." In no particular order.

— Caroline Cameron (@SNCaroline) July 25, 2016

One of biggest upsets of 2016: 17-yr-old Tel Aviv-born Canadian Denis Shapovalov, junior Wimbledon champ, stuns Nick Kyrgios 7-6, 3-6, 6-3.

— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 26, 2016

Kyrgios talking to himself during sit-down: "I'm going straight home after this"....

— Steph Trudel (@TrudelSteph) July 26, 2016

Kyrgios tells his friend in stands that he wants to fly home after this match. Ump reminds him that sound is picked up on court microphones.

— Caroline Cameron (@SNCaroline) July 26, 2016

The loss is by far the worst of Kyrgios’ career and was branded one of the biggest upsets of 2016 by New York Times tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg.

Prior to the Rogers Cup, the 21-year-old had not lost to a player ranked lower than No. 192. In April 2015, Kyrgios went down to Swedish youngster Elias Ymer at the Barcelona Open in his first match back from an ankle injury.

Apparently fully fit in Toronto, it is unclear what put him so far off his game this time.

One of the more bizarre moments of the match saw Kyrgios serve an ace, while at the same time throwing his racket on to the court.

Watch the video in the player above.

Unfortunately, it was one of very few highlights for the Aussie, who made eight double faults and 19 unforced errors in the first set alone.

Finishing the match with 18 double faults and 44 errors, Kyrgios looked deflated during his press conference, surprised at his high error rate.

“I didn’t know I had that many double faults...that’s pretty bad,” he said.

Nick Kyrgios comes into press wth a big bag of ice strapped to his knee. "He played great and he earned it." pic.twitter.com/wD8eyzhQyu

— Rogers Cup Toronto (@rogerscup) July 26, 2016

Rival Shapovalov was the men’s junior singles champion at this year’s Wimbledon event, and entered the Rogers Cup as a wildcard.

The youngster said he was shown the utmost respect by Kyrgios.

“(Nick) told me I’m a great tennis player and that he wishes me the best,” he said.

Kyrgios recently made public his infatuation with new smart phone game Pokemon Go, claiming on Monday to have been “playing it more than tennis.”

Just quietly, how good is Pokemon Go. Honestly been playing that more than tennis 😳😅😍

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) July 24, 2016

True story, get more excited for an egg to hatch then a break point converted hahaha 😅😝😂

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) July 24, 2016

Eat, sleep, Pokemon Go

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) July 25, 2016

Maybe his result in Toronto is a sign that Kyrgios may need to spend a little less time throwing Pokeballs, and a little more time tidying up his net game.

Meanwhile, fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic beat Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez in the opening round of the same tournament.

The Australian 12th seed beat Gonzalez 6-4 7-6 (1) to book a place in the second round against Canadian wildcard Steven Diez.

“I feel like here’s a good chance for me,” Tomic said.

“I really have to focus and really go for my shots and relax if I want to make a quarter or semi.” Diez upset Brit Kyle Edmund 3-6 6-3 6-2 to advance to the second round.

— with AAP