Since his promising debut on the professional circuit, Nick Kyrgios fans know it well: the Australian's worst enemy on a tennis court is himself. A brilliant and atypical Tennisman, the 24-year-old is unfortunately regularly illustrated by his tantrums, his provocations towards the public and the referee, or by his brutal declines of motivation in full match. And Wednesday, in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters 1,000, has again lost control, reports The Team.
The 2015 Australian Open quarter finalist had started his match against Russian Karen Khachanov, winning the first heat 7-6. But in the second set, the referee Fergus Murphy activated a little too fast the countdown of time between two points in the service of the Australian. A seemingly trivial match, but that caused the fury of Nick Kyrgios, who then continued to complain to the referee and return to the incident, while describing the latter as "worse referee of the game "and" potato on a chair ". Verbal provocations that ended up worth a penalty point in the third set.
Shoes thrown in the public
Furious, Nick Kyrgios then rose and headed to the locker room, despite the protests of the referee, before smashing two rackets in the hallway. If, by breaking his rackets out of class, the player avoided a new warning and probably a penalty game, the images were picked up by the television channels.
BANG, BANG !!
Nick Kyrgios absolutely DESTROYED two racquet and the commentators lost it
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At the end of the match, finally lost 7-6, 6-7, 2-6, the current 27th world player refused to shake hands with Fergus Murphy, and even spat in his direction. Before throwing his shoes in the public and offering his broken rackets to young spectators. If sanctioned, this episode would be a stop for Nick Kyrgios, who won his sixth title in Washington two weeks ago.