Nick Kyrgios is someone that many other professional tennis players can only dream of becoming. With all the skill he has, Kyrgios also deemed himself as the “outlaw” of the sport with recklessness. Recently, he’d just won another round of Wimbledon against Stefanos Tsitsipas, and an “argument” quickly broke out.
For Kyrgios, finding trouble on the tennis court was natural. According to an article published in the New York Times, Kyrgios is an immensely talented Autralian who “has an ambivalent relationship with the rigors and requirements of professional tennis.” His tendency to play, disappear for months, then play again provides enough theater for the media to rant about. He badgers the workers there about not keeping changeover chairs stocked. He smashes rackets. Although he was the reason the stadiums are packed, he is also the person who wastes tens of thousands of dollars in fines with his recklessness–or as the article described, “brattiness.”
During the match with Tsitsipas, Kyrgios fired at the chair umpire and tournament referees and supervisors once again for not defaulting his opponent when he shot a ball at the audience out of anger, coming close to hitting a fan. He complained that they would’ve defaulted him. The constant complaints unsettled Tsitsipas, who tried to peg Kyrgios with his shots after declaring that he’s trying to make this match a circus. The 10,000 people cheering in the stadium only became louder as Kyrgios finished his opponent off with three unreturnable shots, during the tiebreaker— “a ripped, backhand winner; and a drop shot from the baseline that died on the turf just beyond Tsitsipas’s reach,” according to the New York Times.
Later, the theatrical and dramatic elements only rose as the news conference with the two elevated into constant debate about who had more friends in the locker room, with Tisitsipas claiming Kyrgios to be a bully that needed rules to be restrained, and Kyrgios innocently replying that he wasn’t the one hitting balls at other people or getting upset at the conversation with the umpire. He called Tisitsipas “soft” for getting put-off by these things. Plus, he added, “I’m good in the locker room. I’ve got many friends, just to let you know. I’m actually one of the most liked. I’m set. He’s not liked.”
Winning against Tsitsipas has booked Kyrgios his place in the fourth round of Wimbledon, against Brandon Nakashima, who the tennis natural stole another win from. Now, he has made his way into the finals, which happens tomorrow, July 10th. The tennis world holds its breath.
For Kyrgios, finding trouble on the tennis court was natural. According to an article published in the New York Times, Kyrgios is an immensely talented Autralian who “has an ambivalent relationship with the rigors and requirements of professional tennis.” His tendency to play, disappear for months, then play again provides enough theater for the media to rant about. He badgers the workers there about not keeping changeover chairs stocked. He smashes rackets. Although he was the reason the stadiums are packed, he is also the person who wastes tens of thousands of dollars in fines with his recklessness–or as the article described, “brattiness.”
During the match with Tsitsipas, Kyrgios fired at the chair umpire and tournament referees and supervisors once again for not defaulting his opponent when he shot a ball at the audience out of anger, coming close to hitting a fan. He complained that they would’ve defaulted him. The constant complaints unsettled Tsitsipas, who tried to peg Kyrgios with his shots after declaring that he’s trying to make this match a circus. The 10,000 people cheering in the stadium only became louder as Kyrgios finished his opponent off with three unreturnable shots, during the tiebreaker— “a ripped, backhand winner; and a drop shot from the baseline that died on the turf just beyond Tsitsipas’s reach,” according to the New York Times.
Later, the theatrical and dramatic elements only rose as the news conference with the two elevated into constant debate about who had more friends in the locker room, with Tisitsipas claiming Kyrgios to be a bully that needed rules to be restrained, and Kyrgios innocently replying that he wasn’t the one hitting balls at other people or getting upset at the conversation with the umpire. He called Tisitsipas “soft” for getting put-off by these things. Plus, he added, “I’m good in the locker room. I’ve got many friends, just to let you know. I’m actually one of the most liked. I’m set. He’s not liked.”
Winning against Tsitsipas has booked Kyrgios his place in the fourth round of Wimbledon, against Brandon Nakashima, who the tennis natural stole another win from. Now, he has made his way into the finals, which happens tomorrow, July 10th. The tennis world holds its breath.
