Nick Kyrgios: 'When I saw Will Smith out here I was so nervous, no joke!'

Nick Kyrgios kept home hopes very much alive in the men's singles at the Australian Open with victory over France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

The 22-year-old 17th seed beat 15th seed Tsonga 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) in the third round.

Kyrgios goes on to face Bulgarian third seed Grigor Dimitrov in the last 16.

On a day when temperatures peaked in the afternoon at 40.2C, Kyrgios benefited from playing in the cooler night session.

Tsonga, 32, was one of the Australian's childhood heroes and a finalist in Melbourne 10 years ago.

On the other side of the world, the Australian Open is the first Grand Slam of the year. Cool as a cucumber off the court, temperatures on it are unrivalled. It's Djokovic's favourite - but there are plenty of rivals for the Serb.

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