Nick Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios admitted to spitting in the direction of an abusive fan as he gave an explosive post-match press conference on Tuesday.

If they make a bad call, I just focus on one line, why would I have sympathy for that? At one point I think you said: "You're in your 90s, you can't see the ball." It's not just, Oh, he made a bad call, and I'm just abusing the umpire. So arguably if the guy was 40, he may not have called that out. Because there's a fence there, and I physically can't do anything or say anything because I'll get in trouble. Like someone just yelled out I was s*** in the crowd today. "And I'm just starting to think that it's normal - when it's really not. It's just I don't know if it's normal or not. I just don't understand why spectators feel like they're able to do that. I'm just starting to think that it's normal when it's really not. "He literally came to the match to not even support anyone really, just to stir up disrespect. I would not be doing that to someone who was supporting me."

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Nick Kyrgios complained bitterly about the actions of some members of the crowd during his Wimbledon first-round match against Britain's Paul Jubb on ...

This is messed up." "What did I do? "Like, you know what I mean? Not one person in the stadium has come here to watch her do anything! After just 12 minutes, he lost his temper with a line judge following an intervention over a line call. Years. I would say the same thing - if they were clapping between his first and second serves or saying racial slurs, then I would say the same thing.”

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There’s hundreds and thousands of dollars on the line, why would I have sympathy for that? “Well yeah, if I hit a 220km/h serve and it hits them, I’m like, ‘Oh sorry, are you OK?’ But if they make a bad call that focused on one line, why would I have sympathy for that? The Aussie called one line judge a “snitch”, repeatedly told another to get off court when she made a mistake, and yelped at two line judges when they made rogue calls. He went on with his defence.“I don’t go into Argos and just start smashing someone at the counter when they’re doing their job. They can just say something and they film it and then they laugh about it.” Like, he literally came to the match to literally just not even support anyone, really.

Following his five-set win over Paul Jubb, Nick Kyrgios spit in the direction of a fan that "literally came to the match ... just to stir up and disrespect.

"She found it relevant to go to run to the umpire at 30-love and make it about her. "I didn't do anything and she went to the umpire and told her something that I didn't say," Kyrgios said. "I love this tournament; it's got nothing to do with Wimbledon," Kyrgios said of the incident. "It was more just to stir up and disrespect. "He literally came to the match to literally just, like, not even support anyone really," Kyrgios said. He had also asked for the fan to be removed, he said.

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Nick Kyrgios has confirmed that he spat towards a fan after he said he was "dealing with hate and negativity" in his opening match at Wimbledon.

"What did I do? "Like, you know what I mean? Not one person in the stadium has come here to watch her do anything! After just 12 minutes, he lost his temper with a line judge following an intervention over a line call. Years. I would say the same thing - if they were clapping between his first and second serves or saying racial slurs, then I would say the same thing.” "Look, I'm okay with receiving a lot of it.

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I've been dealing with hate and negativity for a long time, so I don't feel like I owed that person anything," the 27-year-old Australian said.

To a request for some of the details of his on-court discussion following that call, he replied: “I said most of the umpires are older, and I just don’t think that’s ideal when you’re playing a sport of such small margins. “It just carries on to real life.” Following his loss in that match, he took to social media to declare the umpire “clearly ISNT GOOD ENOUGH to be doing these matches.” The ATP fined him $35,000. At times, he displays the talent to beat anyone but also a combustible nature that makes him his own worst enemy. “He literally came to the match to literally just not even support anyone, really. Speaking after his five-set victory over Britain’s Paul Jubb, Kyrgios asserted that, unlike at a recent tournament in Germany, the heckling he received Tuesday wasn’t racist.

Nick Kyrgios admitted to spitting in the direction of a fan he felt was "disrespecting" him during his opening round win at Wimbledon.

"I didn't say anything to the crowd until they started just every time I came down to the far end. It was more just to stir up and disrespect." I would not be doing that to someone who was supporting me.

The Aussie, 27, called one line judge 'a snitch' for reporting his abuse and suggested another was in his 90s and 'can't see the ball' during his five-set ...

His resilience was remarkable, though he will reflect on the three break points he failed to take in the third game of the second set, a period of optimal Kyrgios self-combustion. Nowhere was there an appreciation of the obvious: that his histrionics gave rise to the minimal dissent he faced from fans. Kyrgios confessed he was aiming to hit Nadal with the ball during their second-round match at Wimbledon in 2019. 'It was a complete accident and was frustrated at the end of the match. But for much of the afternoon, you had to wonder why on God's earth they were indulging a player who was behaving this way, when they could have got on his back. 'You're s**t,' someone shouted, a decent summation, and though no one really joined the chorus, the player in question did seem to consider himself disrespected. But it is fair to say the middle-aged woman who bore the brunt of the abuse had not signed up for this. Second of all, I have bigger fish to fry at the moment. It comes a no surprise that Kyrgios crashed out of the tournament. He launched his racket at the wall of the arena - leaving ball boy Tei Park ducking for cover. He stopped to complain about music he could hear, which is understood to have come from the neighbouring MCG which was hosting cricket's Big Bash League semi-final. So arguably if the guy was 40, he may not have called that out.'

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I think it just shows he cares and wants to win. As long as he obviously keeps it within reason." He can do what he wants. It was good to pull it out because he was battling there for a while. I didn't know he spat or anything like that. "I actually didn't see it.

Nick Kyrgios always speaks his mind, but a prominent commentator believes he's taken things to an extreme at Wimbledon this year. Read more here.

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Nick Kyrgios has been booted off the best courts of Wimbledon after spitting towards fans in his first-round win against Britain's Paul Judd - and now looks ...

No. I just don’t understand why it’s happening over and over again,' Kyrgios said post-match. Someone just yelled out I was s**t in the crowd today. Kyrgios has been drawn to take on Serbia's Filip Krajinovic at court two on Thursday, which is on the outskirts of the Wimbledon complex and seats only 4,000 fans. Kyrgios complains to the match umpire on day two of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships - after wining through he called the line judges old and out of date Throughout the five-set thriller, Kyrgios called a line judge a 'snitch', smashed a ball out of the stadium in a fit of rage and ate sushi in the post-match press conference while he accused Wimbledon of employing old line officials who were too old for the job. Nick Kyrgios is banished to the outside courts at Wimbledon but he 'WON'T be chucked out of tournament over spitting scandal'