Not ‘fine’ as Kyrgios out of doubles
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AUSTRALIA’S Nick Kyrgios was slapped with US$5,500 in fines yesterday for swearing and throwing his racquet after his extraordinary defeat at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
Kyrgios, who also pulled out of the men’s doubles competition, citing injury, was fined US$3,000 for an audible obscenity and US$2,500 for racquet abuse, organizers said.
The world No. 13 committed the offenses during the third set of his second-round match against Andreas Seppi, before slumping to a five-set loss which left observers baffled.
Kyrgios, 21, was two sets up before he started to unravel in a casual display which tennis great and TV commentator John McEnroe said gave the sport a “black eye”.
Kyrgios has a history of disciplinary problems and he is only just returning from a ban for “lack of best efforts” during a match in Shanghai.
In 2015, he was given a one-month suspended ban for making lewd comments about Stan Wawrinka’s girlfriend Donna Vekic while playing the Swiss in Montreal.
Australian Open organizers said Kyrgios withdrew from the doubles competition, in which he was due to partner Britain’s Dan Evans, because of an abdominal injury.
The duo was due to play Serbians Dusan Lajovic and Viktor Troicki in the first round of the doubles yesterday.
Kyrgios and Evans were replaced in the draw by Argentines Renzo Olivo and Guido Pella.
Kyrgios said after his loss to Seppi that he had sustained a knee injury playing basketball several weeks ago and acknowledged coming into the Australian Open not in the best shape.
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