Nick Kyrgios said he doesn't have a coach because he 'would never put that burden on someone'

• Nick Kyrgios is one of only a few players on the ATP Tour who doesn't have a coach.
• After reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon on Wednesday, he revealed why.

WIMBLEDON – Nick Kyrgios is one of only a handful of top level tennis players on the ATP Tour who doesn't have a coach.

After reaching his first ever Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon on Wednesday, the Australian revealed why.

"I would never put that burden on someone," he said in his on-court interview following his straight sets win over Chile's Cristian Garín.

Kyrgios is renowned for his hot temper and bad boy antics on the court, often arguing with umpires, spectators, and opponents.

At Wimbledon this year, he's already been fined a total of $14,000 for two separate incidents of using foul language and spitting at a spectator.

Speaking on the Turn up the Talk podcast last month, the 27-year-old revealed that he has racked up almost $550,000 in fines during his career.

"Each and everyone in my team plays a very important role," Kyrgios added on his decision not to have a coach during Wednesday's on-court interview.

"I feel like no one knows my tennis better than I do. I've been playing this sport since I was seven and now into the semifinal of a Grand Slam. I'm pretty happy."

Kyrgios is widely regarded as one of the most talented players on the men's tour but has often failed to live up to the hype at Grand Slams having never previously gone further than the quarterfinals.

Early on against Garín, it looked like this was set to continue as the Australian conceded the first two games of the opening set without winning a point.

But with the Court One crowd urging him on, he rallied to immediately break Garin twice and win the first set 6-4.

He cruised to win the second set 6-3 before taking the third, in which Garin spurned a number of chances to break the Aussie late on, by tie-break and book his spot in Wimbledon's last four.

"I just never thought I'd be in the semifinal of a Grand Slam," Kyrgios told the crowd after the win. "I thought my ship had sailed.

"I didn't go about things great earlier in my career and may have wasted that little window but I'm just really proud of the way that I've just come back out here and with my team and just to be able to compete."

Kyrgios' win over Garín came just a day after it was reported that Kyrgios was due in court next month in Australia in relation to an allegation of common assault.

He is alleged to have grabbed his former girlfriend, Chiara Passari, in December 2021.