Nick Kyrgios and His Brother Continue Their Tirade Against Rafael Nadal After Wimbledon 2019 Loss
Rafael Nadal beat his 'bete noire' Nick Kyrgios in an engrossing but bad-tempered grudge match. The 33-year-old Spaniard on Thursday came through in four sets 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/3) which saw fiery but talented Australian Kyrgios receive a warning for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Nick Kyrgios and his brother Christos are in no mood to end their tirade against World No 2 tennis player Rafael Nadal. After one of Nick Kyrgios's shots hit Nadal, Kyrgios said in the press conference that he doesn't feel that he should apologise and that he was looking to hit the Spaniard once again. Nick's brother Christos called Nadal a “f****** p****” during an Instagram Live video. The video also features Kyrgios.
Rafael Nadal beat his 'bete noire' Nick Kyrgios in an engrossing but bad-tempered grudge match. The 33-year-old Spaniard on Thursday came through in four sets 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/3) which saw fiery but talented Australian Kyrgios receive a warning for unsportsmanlike behaviour after a running argument with the umpire while twice serving under-arm.
"Why would I apologise? I won the point," said Kyrgios after asked about the shot that hit Nadal in the second round match. "I was going for him. I wanted to hit him," continued the controversial Australian player. Nadal had said about the shot that that kind of shot "could have been dangerous" for spectators.
Nick Kyrgios, had faced disqualification after hurling a chair on the court and abusing during his second round match against Norwegian Casper Ruud at the Italian Open before Wimbledon, and had kicked up yet another storm after his comments on tennis greats and fellow players including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
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