Another day, another controversy for Nick Kyrgios.
The young Australian had a rather smooth match against Sebastian Schwartzman to win in 6-0 6-2 7-6 (6) in just 86 minutes. Even if the match wasn’t that tough, Nick managed to complicate things in the third set: after an argument with the chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani, Nick picked his racket to then shout “dirty scum”. (not “Wimbledon-like”)
Kyrgios: I was referring to the umpire
During the conference Nick was asked about the incident to comment “I wasn’t referring to the ref at all there. Yeah, it was towards myself. Obviously I knew you guys were going to ask me about that
I’m not too fussed about the call to be honest, but if it was a more crucial time in the match, or deeper in the tournament, that could swing things. It shouldn’t be something that can be taken lightly. You’ve got to make the right call there. It wouldn’t bother me one bit if they fine me.”
Nick will play Juan Monaco in the next round.
| THE DIRTY-SCUM-GATE |
| CONTROVERSY GUY? |
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