Every sport has its great players and also great characters, though to call the latter great is probably doing injustice to the word. There are more characters in an individual sport than a team sport, since the team ethic and culture can and does inhibit players from going out of the team circle so to speak.

Right now, with tennis being more in the news with the deportation of the No.1 tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, the focus has also shifted to the characters in this sport. The first name that comes up when characters are spoken about is Nick Kyrgios. The Aussie is seldom out of the news and most times it is for something he has said or done and not for the tennis that he has played. About his talent, even the great John McEnroe has raved about it and anybody who knows a bit about tennis accepts that Kyrgios has some of the most outrageous and unexpected winning shots and serves in the modern game. But does that help him win the majors?