PARIS — 5:14 p.m.
Who says tennis lacks characters?
Nick Kyrgios, a 20-year-old Australian, likes a good grumble as he plays, even approaching the fiery levels reached by John "You cannot be serious!" McEnroe in his day.
"What a joke," the Aussie muttered under his breath — and that was after winning the second set against Denis Istomin.
Kyrgios played a chunk of the first set with a wad of cotton stuffed into his left nostril, perhaps to stop a nosebleed.
There were unusual goings-on in the Uzbek's corner, too. He sniffed from what looked like a bottle of smelling salts during a changeover, grimacing and shaking his head at the whiff.