Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis advance to semi-finals at Miami Open

Just hours after his dramatic meltdown in the singles tournament at the Miami Open, Nick Kyrgios has given himself reason to celebrate.

Nick Kyrgios has bounced back from his meltdown. Picture: Getty

Nick Kyrgios has bounced back from his almighty meltdown in the singles tournament at the Miami Open by clinching a spot in the doubles semi-finals alongside partner in crime Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Earlier on Wednesday (AEDT), Kygrios exited the singles tournament in dramatic fashion, smashing his racquet and teeing off at umpire Carlos Bernardes during his loss to Italian young gun Jannik Sinner.

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The polarising Canberra native lashed out at the quality of the playing surface and at the volume of Bernardes’ walkie-talkie.

Watching Nick Kyrgios knife through the draw this week was an utter pleasure. (52 mins to beat Rublev? Seriously?) But the pattern seems to be: composed when winning, unhinged when losing. I’ll never personally know the pressure he feels, but that seems unsustainable.

— Brett Haber (@BrettHaber) March 29, 2022

The sad thing is, I've come to really like lots of Kyrgios in recent years. But this stuff spoils if all again.

— James Gray (@jamesgraysport) March 29, 2022

Kyrgios was eventually docked a game and bowed out of the tournament but was determined not to let the ugly outburst derail the Special Ks’ quest for their first doubles title since the Australian Open.

Just hours after Kyrgios’ meltdown, he and Kokkinakis had little trouble doing away with Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers (7-5, 6-2) and are now only one win away from the Miami Open final.

It’s already been a year to remember for the Special Ks. Picture: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Zeballos and Granollers, the tournament’s No.3 seeded pair, couldn’t capitalise on either of their break points and the “Special Ks” made them pay.

It wasn’t the first time the Aussies had their rivals’ measure – Kyrgios and Kokkinakis defeated Zeballos and Granollers to advance to the final at the Australian Open in January.

Kyrgios and Kokkinakis will now meet either the tournament’s second-seeded pair Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury or the wildcard duo of John Isner and Hubart Hurkacz.

Like Kyrgios, Kokkinakis exited the singles tournament in the round of 16, falling to German world No.4 Alexander Zverev in straight sets.

Daria Saville was given a wildcard entry into the Miami Open. Picture: Megan Briggs/Getty Images

Elsewhere, the Miami Open singles campaign of Daria Saville (nee Gavrilova) came to an end at the hands of world No.28 Belinda Bencic.

It took the Tokyo gold medallist just 69 minutes to monster the Aussie in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) in the quarter-final.

No Aussies remain in the hunt for singles glory at the Miami Open.