Nick Kyrgios jeered by spectators as he exits Montreal Masters
Friday 14 August 2015 02:20, UK
Nick Kyrgios was jeered by some spectators as he crashed out of the Montreal Masters one day after his jibe at Stan Wawrinka earned the mercurial Australian a fine from the ATP.
It has been an eventful 24 hours for the world No 41, whose victory over Wawrinka in Montreal was overshadowed after it had emerged Kyrgios had sledged the Swiss.
On-court microphones recorded 20-year-old Kyrgios walking to the net and making insulting remarks about Croatian player Donna Vekic, who is reportedly Wawrinka's girlfriend.
Teenage Croatian player Vekic has been linked to Wawrinka since he divorced his wife Ilham in April. Vekic, 19, was in the crowd to watch the Swiss' Wimbledon third-round win over Fernando Verdasco last month.
French Open champion Wawrinka branded the behaviour of Kyrgios "unacceptable", while world No 1 Novak Djokovic said the comments were "completely unnecessary".
Kyrgios offered an apology on Thursday, and he was later beaten in straight sets by John Isner in their third-round match.
Kyrgios was booed as he emerged onto the Banque Nationale court and received similar opprobrium after a 7-5 6-3 defeat to the big-serving American.
He had earlier written on Facebook: "I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the comments I made during the match last night vs Stan Wawrinka.
"My comments were made in the heat of the moment and were unacceptable on many levels.
"In addition to the private apology I've made, I would like to make a public apology as well. I take full responsibility for my actions and regret what happened."
Kyrgios was criticised by top seed Djokovic, who breezed through his third-round match against Jack Sock on Thursday.
Djokovic said in his press conference: "I'm not one who should judge reaction but in my opinion, it was completely unnecessary to comment on something like that.
"He was fined and he deserved it. He's learned a lesson in a hard way and hopefully this won't happen to him any more.
"It's not fair and there's no excuse of directing your tantrums to your opponent and especially to someone who is not even there."
Djokovic added: "Some players have the problem to control themselves on court sometimes when you go through emotional challenges and it slips out of your mouth, but there's no excuse for what he said yesterday."
Isner will take on Jeremy Chardy for a place in the semi-finals after the Frenchman beat huge-hitting Ivo Karlovic 4-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-4.
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