By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Jan 14 (Reuters) With firebrand Nick Kyrgios Australia's top hope at the year's first grand slam, local fans may be set for a thrilling, if occasionally bumpy roller-coaster ride at Melbourne Park.
Kyrgios, a 21-year-old with a temper as prodigious as his talent, brings a 14th seeding and a growing esteem from higher-ranked tour rivals despite his explosive tantrums and long rap-sheet of on-court transgressions.