WATCH: Kyrgios' water bottle "slips" out of his hand

In Washington, Nick Kyrgios pointed out that he's a lot more in the spotlight than other players, and he's totally right.

"I feel like myself, I’m under the spotlight a lot more than most tennis players," Kyrgios told the Washington City Paper. "It can be a guy ranked No. 7 in the world that’s getting 1/12th of the media I’m getting, and I’m not playing half of the tournaments as he is. I’m still getting to know how to deal with it."

But there's good reason: it's hard not to want to watch his every move. On Thursday at the Citi Open, the world No. 52 put on another show with plenty of highs and a few lows.

In his very first service game, the Australian tried to fake out his opponent Yoshihito Nishioka with a underarm serve, but Nishioka was both ready and amused:

Kyrgios later whipped out a tweener/winner combination:

Then deep in the second set, he got a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct when he threw a water bottle at the umpire's chair so hard that the label got stuck to the Citi sign.

"It slipped out of my hand," Kyrgios said.

A few games later, while getting ready for match point, he hit himself on the head with his racquet quite a few times.

It worked as Kyrgios sealed the win, 6-2, 7-5. He faces world No. 137 Norbert Gombos in the quarterfinals on Friday.