On Saturday, July 2nd, Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios and Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsistipas were hitting on the no.1 grass court at Wimbledon, England when Tsistipas lost his temper and smacked a ball into the crowd.
Kyrgios, who thought Tsitsipas should have been defaulted for endangering the crowd, complained to the chair umpire, tournament referees, and supervisors about how they did not penalize Tsitsipas.
The endless interruptions and complaints coming from Krygios disrupted Tsitsipas, and he eventually complained to the chair umpire that there was only one person in this match that was serious about tennis, while the other was turning the match into a circus.
At this point, the match became a battleground between two fierce gladiators.
Tsitsipas soon cracked and decided to take matters into his own hands. He started trying to pummel tennis balls directly at Kyrgios with every opportunity he got.
The match became even more intense during the tiebreaker in which Kyrgios executed multiple winners, including a seamless forehand slice that won him the match.
The news conferences after the match saw much name-calling and insults exchanged between the players.
“It’s constant bullying, that’s what he does,” Tsitsipas said of Kyrgios. “He bullies the opponents. He was probably a bully at school himself. I don’t like bullies. I don’t like people that put other people down. He has some good traits in his character, as well. But when he — he also has a very evil side to him, which if it’s exposed, it can really do a lot of harm and bad to the people around him.
Kyrgios was watching the bad mouthing unfold in front of a television nearby. So, when it was Kyrgios’s turn to speak with the press, he remarked, “He was the one hitting balls at me,” he said of Tsitsipas. “He was the one that hit a spectator. He was the one that smacked it out of the stadium.”
During Saturday’s match, tensions between the players were growing. Even after the match, Kyrgios and Tsitsipas continued the bitter remarks by engaging in a war of words. There is a possibility that Kyrgios and Tsitsipas will be playing against one another in other matches, but their views on each other have gravely changed.
Sources:
Nick Kyrgios has been tennis’ bad boy for almost a decade. Can he actually win a Grand Slam? | Opinion (msn.com)
Nick Kyrgios, a Dream and a Nightmare for Wimbledon, Is Winning – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Kyrgios, who thought Tsitsipas should have been defaulted for endangering the crowd, complained to the chair umpire, tournament referees, and supervisors about how they did not penalize Tsitsipas.
The endless interruptions and complaints coming from Krygios disrupted Tsitsipas, and he eventually complained to the chair umpire that there was only one person in this match that was serious about tennis, while the other was turning the match into a circus.
At this point, the match became a battleground between two fierce gladiators.
Tsitsipas soon cracked and decided to take matters into his own hands. He started trying to pummel tennis balls directly at Kyrgios with every opportunity he got.
The match became even more intense during the tiebreaker in which Kyrgios executed multiple winners, including a seamless forehand slice that won him the match.
The news conferences after the match saw much name-calling and insults exchanged between the players.
“It’s constant bullying, that’s what he does,” Tsitsipas said of Kyrgios. “He bullies the opponents. He was probably a bully at school himself. I don’t like bullies. I don’t like people that put other people down. He has some good traits in his character, as well. But when he — he also has a very evil side to him, which if it’s exposed, it can really do a lot of harm and bad to the people around him.
Kyrgios was watching the bad mouthing unfold in front of a television nearby. So, when it was Kyrgios’s turn to speak with the press, he remarked, “He was the one hitting balls at me,” he said of Tsitsipas. “He was the one that hit a spectator. He was the one that smacked it out of the stadium.”
During Saturday’s match, tensions between the players were growing. Even after the match, Kyrgios and Tsitsipas continued the bitter remarks by engaging in a war of words. There is a possibility that Kyrgios and Tsitsipas will be playing against one another in other matches, but their views on each other have gravely changed.
Sources:
Nick Kyrgios has been tennis’ bad boy for almost a decade. Can he actually win a Grand Slam? | Opinion (msn.com)
Nick Kyrgios, a Dream and a Nightmare for Wimbledon, Is Winning – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
