Nick Kyrgios has had a taste of being the hero rather than the pantomime villain and found it to his liking. The volatile Australian came into his home grand slam on a wave of positivity thanks to his efforts leading tennis' response to the wildfire crisis and carried that through to the end of a narrow defeat by Rafael Nadal in the fourth round. Kyrgios walked out onto Rod Laver Arena wearing a Los Angeles Lakers vest as a tribute to Kobe Bryant and took inspiration from the basketball great as he battled to keep his run going.