Watch: Nick Kyrgios begins Wimbledon in predictable style – with a tweener and a code violation
The 21-year-old Australian played an outrageous between-the-legs shot and then got reprimanded for swearing.
That Nick Kyrgios. Just 21, but outrageously talented. A man who can play the most impossible of shots but can never seem to stop from mouthing off. Here was the highlight from his Wimbledon 2015 campaign (no, it doesn't involve a spectacular shot).
And no surprises, the brash hot-headed Australian began his 2016 campaign on Wimbledon's grassy courts in similar fashion. His first-round match with Czech veteran Radek Stepanek was preceded by the chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani cautioning them both to mind their language.
But has Kyrgios ever paid heed to authority? After intermittently muttering under his breath, he lost his cool after failing to close out the third set, losing 6-7 after winning the first two sets. He swore loudly and the umpire immediately gave him a code violation.
An unhappy Kyrgios remonstrated further, asking him to repeat what he said, but the umpire refused to repeat it on the microphone. Thankfully, Kyrgios got his composure back and closed out the fourth set to win 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1 .
Nick Kyrgios has had yet another on-court controversy during his Wimbledon campaign... #TMS7 https://t.co/L0ZWhfWHk2
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But then, it wouldn't be Kyrgios without something gob-smackingly outrageous, right? In between all this, the Australian unleashed this incredible tweener from between his legs which sailed over an advancing Stepanek, leaving the entire crowd stunned. It's already a contender for shot of the tournament.
