Australian Open 2017

[LP]

The accusation of tanking is interesting.  Just because everyone calls it tanking, doesn't mean he necessarily did.  Its kind of hypocritical.  We have someone who is admonished for not doing the work in to be a professional athlete, and then when he plays a very flat game of tennis after probably going to his limits in such a short period of time, due to poor preparation, he is then accused of tanking.

I don't see as hypocritical, I see the actions of Kyrgios as almost definitive of tanking.

You don't have to be getting a  kick-back to be accused of tanking, there doesn't have to be a reward or reason for it and it doesn't just happen on the field of play.

Tanking can start on the training track or even the couch! You can prepare to tank well in advance, or you can tank by your lack of preparation, but it's still a tank!