He did so after, for the third game in a row, asking a spectator about server advice, as well as making a sub-server.
Ahead of the final, Kyrgios had only one of his five racks left, after donating one, breaking two and his fourth not being in a good state of play. 6.5 hours before the final, however, he got new racks, which his dad sent from Australia, which he could go out on the track.
And this is not the first time the polarizing player is pulling down headlines for his antics on the tennis court.
At the Miami Open earlier this year, he struck out two underhand serves against Dusan Lajovic during the Miami Open tournament in March.
In Rome's ATP Tournament in May against Norwegian Casper Ruud, Kyrgios suffered an outbreak in the third set. First he hit the racket in the slopes, then threw the chair away. The effort cost the Australian dearly and he lost about SEK 570,000, partly in missing prize money, and 230,000 in fines from the ATP tour.
In this year's Wimbledon, he went out after a 1-3 loss to Rafael Nadal. That after Kyrgios barked the judge the whole three times.
“You mean that your decision didn't affect my kind at all ... It's sweet, you have no idea what you're doing. You judge such an important match, but have no idea what to do with it. It's a shame. "
However, the judge called in and replied:
"Should we elaborate on the whole match or? Keep your opinions to yourself. "
Controversy as early as 2016Already in 2016, Kyrgio was fined for his behavior on the tennis court. In Shanghai's ATP tournament against German Mischa Zverev, Kyrgios was called out for slapping a loose serve and was warned for screaming obscenities.
Later, he asked the referee to interrupt the match so he could go home, and started arguing with a spectator who asked him to show respect for the sport. He was given eight weeks' suspension for this measure, as well as SEK 365,000 in fines.