Radek Stepanek has given Nick Kyrgios advice as a mentor this season.

Kyrgios is considering giving the crafty Czech a coaching job when he calls it quits on his playing career.

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After Kyrgios defeated Stepanek in an entertaining four-set Wimbledon opener today, he discussed their friendship, suggesting he is "more than willing" to consider hiring the 37-year-old Stepanek as a coach in the future.

The 15th-seeded Australian is currently playing without a coach though he has been advised by both Stepanek and Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt.

"It just sort of happened, I guess. I don't really know what I want yet with a coach," Kyrgios told the media at Wimbledon. "So for me, just to have him give me advice here and there, while his career is still going. You never know.

"When he stops, he might step into a role where I might bring him along to tournaments. I don't know. I'm more than willing to give it a go with a guy like that, that has had such great success for a long time."

Next up for Kyrgios is a second-round shotmakers delight against the dangerous Dustin Brown, another friend of the 2014 Wimbledon quarterfinalist. Both Brown and Kyrgios own Wimbledon wins over two-time former champion Rafael Nadal.

Though Kyrgios could face a fourth-round showdown with 2013 champion Andy Murray, a man he has never beaten, he likes his chances to go deep in the draw.

"I feel this Wimbledon like I'm used to my surroundings a lot more, probably expecting a lot more out of myself," Kyrgios said. "To me, I do believe I can do good things in this tournament, go far, potentially win it. I don't know, something like that. I mean, I'm just taking it one match at a time at the moment."

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