WATCH: Kyrgios' first match of the season ended in defeat to Wu Yibing in Stuttgart last week.

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The second set of Break Point episodes begins with a whopping cliffhanger for fans unfamiliar with the 2022 Wimbledon epic between Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Tensions between the two distinctly different characters boil over at a set apiece and Tsitsipas is seen smacking a ball into the Court 1 crowd. Kyrgios calls in vain for a default, and things only get uglier from there as an irate Tsitsipas repeatedly attempts to drill the Aussie at net.

Tsitsipas provides further context in Break Point, claiming that Kyrgios was intentionally putting his towels into the Greek’s designated box, all in an effort to get into his head.

“He was too much for me,” the former No. 3 explains in an emotional confessional. “All that anger built up so much.”

The pair, who had been by all accounts friendly before the match, traded barbs after the four-setter went Kyrgios’ way, with Tsitsipas calling his victorious opponent a “bully” while Kyrgios returned serve, calling his rival “soft.”

Kyrgios went on to reach his first major final, but what have the two been up to in the 12 months since that unforgettable encounter?

For Kyrgios, not much, but not for lack of effort. The 28-year-old is only just getting his season underway after a knee injury ruled him out of the last six months of action. His first match in Stuttgart ended in defeat to Wu Yibing, and Kyrgios opted to withdraw from Halle in an effort to be in prime form for the Championships.

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Tsitsipas has proven enigmatic in his own way since exiting the All England Club. Though he began the 2023 season with a second Grand Slam final, the 24-year-old endured a straight-set defeat to Novak Djokovic and was out of sorts at Roland Garros against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals—blaming an ill-timed dose of melatonin for his snoozy performance against the Spaniard.

But things haven’t gone entirely wrong for Tsitsipas, who debuted his new relationship with fellow player and Break Point co-star Paula Badosa—on Spotify of all platforms!

And the state of the Kyrgios-Tsitsipas feud? The duo set aside their differences last fall to play doubles in an off-season exhibition in the Middle East, but revved up their dispute earlier in the season when Tsitsipas commented on the Wimbledon affair in February.

“I was only trying to compete, while he was playing the clown. It also depends on how he wakes up each day,” he said.

Kyrgios responded in inimitable fashion on Twitter:

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Perhaps another doubles pairing is off the table for the foreseeable future—or something they might save for Season 2.

Click here to read the official Baseline review of Break Point, now streaming on Netflix.