Nick Kyrgios makes Wimbledon appearance in Naomi Osaka's player box
But Osaka didn't even know he was there.
Kyrgios, 30, is missing his third consecutive Wimbledon Championships due to injury.
Last year the Aussie appeared in SW19 as a pundit for the BBC, but he was not re-signed by the Corporation this time around.
Nevertheless, Kyrgios has made the long trip across the world to be at Wimbledon.
Last week he appeared on stage at Wimbledon Theatre as part of his Good Trouble podcast tour.
And on day one of the tournament, he trudged out to Court 18 to watch Osaka in action.
Kyrgios is signed to Osaka's 'Evolve' management group.
The pair have also signed up to play in the US Open's revamped mixed doubles event in August.
Despite Wimbledon recording 33C temperatures today, incredibly Kyrgios wore more than one layer in the sweltering heat.
Osaka, 27, got her Championships off to a perfect start by beating Talia Gibson 6-4 7-6.
The Japanese superstar will meet either fifth seed Zheng Qinwen or Katarina Siniakova in the second round on Wednesday.
Nick Kyrgios made a surprise appearance at Wimbledon
Following her win, Osaka admitted that she didn't even know that Kyrgios had turned up: 'Oh, he was there? I did not hear anything, OK.'
The former world No1 added: 'Oh, my God. I jokingly told someone, 'Hey, I know Nick's around, maybe he wants to come to my match'.
'But I was joking, because I know we're two completely different players. Honestly, I would have loved to come to his matches, because I know he's pretty fun.
'Yeah, I think that's also a big part of why we're different is because I know he kind of tells his box what to do, and he probably would have noticed if I was in there. I kind of zone out most of the time.
'That's a little embarrassing that he was there.
'I guess it is cool that he was there.'
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