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Nick Kyrgios has voiced his displeasure at the prospect of having to play five-set matches in the men's doubles at Wimbledon.
Kyrgios won the event at the Australian Open alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis earlier this year, and the pair are due to team up again at SW19.
When they won in Melbourne, Kyrgios and Kokkinakis only had to play best-of-three set matches throughout the tournament, but the same competition at Wimbledon is played across five sets, which Kyrgios is far from happy about.
Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis won the men's doubles at the Australian Open
They are teaming up at Wimbledon, but Kyrgios isn't happy about potentially playing extra sets
'I am not really looking forward to playing best-of-five-set doubles - I think it is the stupidest thing ever,' he told reporters.
'I don't know why it is best of five sets. No-one wants to play best-of-five-set
