One more recidivism for the bad boy of tennis. Australian Nick Kyrgios on Thursday (August 16th) was fined $ 113,000 (about 102,000 euros) by ATP for his behavior in the match against the Russian Karen Khachanov in the second round of the tournament. Cincinnati Tournament, where he further multiplied provocations and insults.

Kygios, 24 and 27th player worldwide, has been sanctioned for "having left the court without permission, uttered obscenities and for his unsportsmanlike conduct towards his opponent". The player has also been warned that it could be suspended once a full investigation has taken place.

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Against Khachanov, number 8 world and recent semi-finalist at the Masters 1000 Montreal, the Australian is out of the game and lost 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4) , 6-2. In the middle of the second set, won by his opponent, he got up from his chair, announcing that he was going to take a pee break. The Irish referee then retorted that he did not have time.

Kyrgios still left, two rackets under his arm. Images from the television show him crossing a door before violently breaking his rackets and then coming back on the court, while cursing the chair umpire.

Heavy history

At the end of the match, after two double rank faults but also three aces, the Australian player refused to shake hands with the referee and ended up throwing his shoes into the crowd before offering his broken rackets to young spectators. .

Kyrgios, who won his sixth crown in singles on the ATP circuit two weeks ago in Washington, is never far from controversy: last week in Montreal, he had a clash with a referee, saying that Towels were not white enough.

In early July, he admitted to having voluntarily targeted Rafael Nadal during their opposition to the second round of Wimbledon. "I targeted him, yeah, I really wanted to aim him right in the chest, why would I apologize, how much did he win Grand Slams, how much money does he have on his account? I think he can take a bullet in the chest, man, I'm not going to apologize to him, "he had blustered.

Three months ago, in Rome, after an "abuse of language", the Australian had received a penalty game, which caused his anger: after throwing a chair on the court, he simply gave up ... not without having shaken hands with his opponent and the referee before leaving the enclosure.

With AFP