Tennis' odd couple of Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic have had their doubles campaign cut short by No.1 seeds Nikola Mektić and Michael Venus in the second round at the Brisbane International.

It was impossible to know how much pain Nick Kyrgios was in. During his 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 doubles defeat to Nikola Mektić and Michael Venus alongside Novak Djokovic, the 29-year-old was regularly ...