For a brief moment, it looked like a journalist was about to pull off the impossible: leave Nick Kyrgios speechless.

But it didn’t take long for the young Aussie to find his voice, ridiculing the American reporter in his post-match news conference for asking him a question about Colin Kaepernick.

Fresh from his breezy 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win over Rogerio Dutra Silva in the first round of the Australian Open on Sunday, Kyrgios answered questions about his form before getting surprised.

Reporter: You’re friends with the American football player Colin Kaepernick and have been supportive of him in the past. What are your thoughts on his not being signed by an American football team this season? Nick Kyrgios: I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to that dude in my life. Reporter: But what are your thoughts about that? Kyrgios: Where does that question even come from? We’re at the Australian Open, man. Are we done?

Kyrgios was left shaking his head and struggled to find the words — which prompted an awkward end to his media obligations.

Kaepernick — the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback — is the catalyst for the national anthem kneeling movement that has since swept across the NFL, with many more players following his lead.

Kyrgios has not, even if it looked as if he did. Kyrgios took a knee before a Laver Cup match in September, though he later said it was a tribute to “important people that have passed away.”

He has tried remaining focused, and his win Sunday came with only one blemish as he told hecklers in the crowd to “shut the f–k up” during the first set, leading to a terse exchange with the umpire, in which he told the official to do his job and keep the crowd silent.

But nothing was going to stop Kyrgios from demolishing Dutra Silva. He sent down 16 aces and smoked 33 winners in a one-sided contest that lasted less than 90 minutes.

Admitting he was battling nerves to start the match, Kyrgios was overall pleased with his “pretty good performance” and has booked a second-round matchup with Serb Viktor Troicki, who defeated Australian Alex Bolt 6-7 (2-7), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday.

“He’s tricky. He’s got a good serve and a great backhand,” Kyrgios said.

“He’s a journeyman, he’s been on the tour a long time, he’s won a lot of matches and in grand slams he’s made the fourth round a lot of times so he knows the ups and downs that come in a grand slam match.”