London — Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios resume their bitter rivalry at Wimbledon on Thursday as the two-time champion tackles the combustible and controversial Australian for a place in the last 32.

The match is being played against a background of a fierce war of words between the two camps. Nadal has accused the Australian of a “lack of respect” while his uncle Toni, also his former coach, said Kyrgios’s disqualification from the Italian Open in May resulted from the actions of an “uneducated man”...

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