BRISBANE, Australia — The tempestuous Nick Kyrgios, with his whip of a forehand and meticulously razored etchings in his eyebrows and hair, will command some attention next week as a local in the Australian Open. As will another Aussie, Bernard Tomic, a slowly reforming wild child whose arrest in Miami in July barely derailed a season in which he broke into the top 20 for the first time. And as long as he lasts in the tournament, the elder statesman Lleyton Hewitt will be a crowd favorite in what he has said will be his final tournament.
Oh, and then there is the best Australian player of the past decade.