Will Nick Kyrgios Ever Find Consistent Focus and Fulfill His Potential?

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Published: October 13, 2016

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Watching Nick Kyrgios play conjures a wide range of emotions. He'll occasionally leave us in awe of his breathtaking natural talent, but the 21-year-old Aussie is just as likely to spread utter bewilderment.

His effort at the Shanghai Rolex Masters unfortunately falls into the latter category.

During his second-round match against 110th-ranked Mischa Zverev, the combustible Kyrgios went up in flames. Acting like he didn't even want to be on the court, Kyrgios wouldn't hang around long, bounced 6-3, 6-1 in a 48-minute sideshow.

Arguing with chair umpire Ali Nili and getting into it with fans, an unhinged Kyrgios barely tried on certain points, like when he casually hit a serve badminton-style and strolled to his seat. As the crowd showered him with boos, Nili warned Kyrgios about his behavior.

Nick Kyrgios: The Mario Balotelli of the tennis world pic.twitter.com/NqiHp2ehdQ

— Max Bentley (@MaxBentley1) October 12, 2016 "Can you call time so I can finish this match and go home?" 

Those were actual words from Kyrgios to Nili during one changeover. At least he showed some emotion on this otherwise listless day.

With displays like that, you have to wonder if Kyrgios will ever figure it out—or if he wants to.

He's openly talked about how he prefers basketball to tennis to The Independent's Paul Newman (h/t Tennis.com's Kamakshi Tandon). Only Kyrgios knows how much he truly loves the game, but it's becoming harder to justify the type of behavior he exhibited in Shanghai. Even he acknowledged his disappointment with how things turned out.

Not good enough today on many levels, I'm better than that. I can go on about excuses but there are none. Sorry #StillAWorkInProgress 🙏🏽😢😞

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) October 12, 2016 It's a testament to Kyrgios' tremendous abilities that we care th...
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