TIL Desk Sports/ Nick Kyrgios was warned for bad language and docked a point for unsportsmanlike conduct after the Australian threw his racquet into the stands during Friday’s 6-3, 6-4 defeat by Borna Coric in the Murray River Open at Melbourne Park.
Kyrgios’s problems began early on Friday as he struggled with a left knee issue and needed treatment midway through the match at the Australian Open warm-up event.”I can’t serve without pain. When I land it feels unstable,” local media quoted Kyrgios as telling a trainer between sets.
“I’ll probably just play one more game. I’m serving at like 170(kph) instead of 220.” The 25-year-old, playing his first tournament in nearly a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, soldiered on and was warned by the chair umpire for swearing at 4-4 in the second set. After his serve was broken, he smashed his racquet and threw it into the empty stands.
