• Spaniard wins 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 after weeks-long war of words
• Australian aims shot straight at opponent and does not apologise
Nick Kyrgios discovered on Thursday evening that you provoke a champion at your peril as Rafael Nadal husbanded his controlled fury over four engrossing sets to grind down an opponent who had taunted him beforehand as a bad loser and whose tongue later let him down like rarely before.
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Written by Kevin Mitchell at Wimbledon
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