including multiple under-arm serves before striking a brilliant tweener past Fearnley. The first set was a cagey affair, with Kyrgios notably clocking up speeds on his serve of 208km/h.

Controversial AFL commentator Kane Cornes appears to have met his match, with his blasting of Nick Kyrgios’ first-round exit at the Australian Open seeing the tennis star return fire on Twitter.

"I want to thank Nick for playing ... there was still opportunity for some vintage Kyrgios. On his serve at 3-3, he produced a trademark tweener and backed it up by putting away a sharp volley.

That’s not tennis to me. That’s not sport. "Nick Kyrgios without his serve is probably not — I’m not a threat to many players,” added the 29-year-old.

Even with an extraordinary rally, featuring a reverse and forward tweener ... and feeding Kyrgios the adrenaline shot he needed. A break of serve followed — Novak and Nick's first of the match ...

Nick Kyrgios is out of the Australian Open ... before going down a break of serve. At 1-4, Kyrgios called physios to the court, but continued. They returned at 2-5, but only engaged in ...

I mean, Nick Kyrgios without his serve is probably not a threat to many ... In the middle of the seventh game of the third set, Kyrgios produced a tweener and a behind the back shot before ...

My average serve speed was beneath 200. I mean, Nick Kyrgios without his serve is probably not a threat to many players.” Kyrgios confirmed he was still planning on playing doubles with his good ...