Nick Kyrgios told off on day one of BBC Wimbledon coverage for Tim ...

Nick Kyrgios was told off during his BBC commentary during the opening day of Wimbledon. The Aussie isn't playing at SW19 as he continues his rehabilitation from a lengthy injury lay-off, instead providing expert analysis for the Beeb.

Kyrgios was delighted with Carlos Alcaraz in Centre Court's first match of the tournament, as defending champion and recent winner of this year's French Open, even going as far as to compare him to British tennis royalty.

Alcaraz produced a classing Henman serve and volley to win a point midway through the first set.

"That looked like prime (Tim) Henman," Kyrgios said in his analysis of Alcaraz, before fellow commentator Nick Lester, who was also joined in the booth with Henman, told off Kyrgios by replying: "Steady Nick it's only day one."

Alcaraz was taking on Estonian's world No. 269 Mark Lajal in Centre Court's first match of the Major, as is the tradition at SW19.

And it was a trickier first set for Alcaraz than expected, as he came up against an inspired Lajal, who Kyrgios claimed "definitely has a future on the tour" as he took the Spanish superstar to a tiebreak before losing 7-6(3).

The 21-year-old struggled to find his serve in front of David Beckham and co in the royal box, but recovered enough to begin his title defence by taking the opening set.

It was not the first time that Kyrgios has lauded Alcaraz, however. The 2022 Wimbledon runner-up described Alcaraz as "scary" while working at the Australian Open in his first Grand Slam punditry gig.

“Guy’s scary," he told Eurosport in his Alcaraz assessment. "End range. He’s a freak when he’s on end range like that. Intangibles are top-notch. He’s one person I do want to face, I want to play and I want to give a good crack at when I go back. Before it’s all said and done, it’d be fun. Hopefully he’s nice to me. His bad days are still my good days.”

While Kyrgios continues to recover from an injury that has forced him to be able to play just one professional match since October 2022, he is moonlighting as a pundit and commentator for the Beeb in six out of the 14 days across Wimbledon.

His appointment was met with criticism and forced the BBC to respond and explain their decision to hire the 29-year-old, who kickstarted coverage by commentating over the opening match on the main stage at SW19.