
The Pac-12 could form a partnership with another conference in need of a lift, like the ACC, which would possibly cause travel problems for smaller sports. The conference announced last week that it is pursuing all expansion avenues and pushed up negotiations for its next media rights deal the current one is set to end in 2024. The loss of UCLA and USC puts the Pac-12 at a crossroads. “When you see the rich get richer, people are going to grab for their share,” said Tom McMillen, president and CEO of Lead1, which represents Football Bowl Subdivision athletic directors and programs. I would argue that.The moves in turn will hurt the Pac-12’s bottom line not only did the conference lose two big programs, its foothold in the nation’s second-largest media market is going away. "That would probably be the most-watched match of all time. "I feel like that would be a mouth-watering kind of encounter for everyone around the world," he said. Kyrgios was certainly not under-selling it. With Nadal edging Taylor Fritz, despite an abdominal injury, to keep alive his quest for a calendar year Slam, the stage is now set for a seismic clash on Friday. Standing between Kyrgios and the Wimbledon final is 22-time Grand Slam champion Nadal, the man he sensationally beat on the way to the quarters in 2014. I feel like I'm probably playing some of my best tennis, mentally feeling great."

At the same time I feel like I don't want to stop here either. "I just sat there today and soaked it all in. "I almost started doubting myself with all that traffic coming in and out of my mind. "I think everyone would have probably said, no, he doesn't have the mental capacity, he doesn't have the fitness capacity, he doesn't have the discipline, all that," Kyrgios said. So much negativity has swirled around Kyrgios in recent years that even he thought his chance of standing one match from a Grand Slam final had long gone. to be a semi-finalist at Wimbledon, it's a special accomplishment for everyone, but I think especially for me." "I'm sitting there today after the match. "Obviously I posted this year about the kind of mental state I was in in 2019 when I was at the Australian Open with self-harm and suicidal thoughts and stuff. There was a point where I was almost done with the sport," he told reporters. Later he explained what had been going through his mind. © Reuters/MATTHEW CHILDSĮven without playing his best tennis, Kyrgios handled it in composed fashion, winning 6-4 6-3 7-6(5) on Court One.Īfter sealing the win to become Australia's first male Grand Slam semi-finalist for 17 years, Kyrgios sat in his courtside chair, lost in his thoughts. © Reuters/PAUL CHILDSīut there is something in the way the 27-year-old has reached his first Grand Slam semi-final, in which he faces Rafa Nadal, that suggests he is ready to prove the doubters, including himself, wrong.Īgainst Cristian Garin on Wednesday, Kyrgios found himself favourite for the first time in a Grand Slam quarter-final, having faced Milos Raonic here in 2014 and Andy Murray in the last eight at the 2015 Australian Open.

The intervening years have taken the maverick Australian to some dark places and he continues to make headlines for the wrong reasons, even during this fortnight with Tuesday's news that he faces a charge of alleged assault in Canberra. LONDON (Reuters) - Nick Kyrgios has waited a long time to seriously challenge for a Grand Slam title since rocking up at Wimbledon as a teenager in 2014 and reaching the quarter-finals.


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