(Stuttgart) The organizers of the Stuttgart tournament announced on Sunday that they had opened an investigation after Australian Nick Kyrgios said he suffered racial slurs during his semi-final defeat on Saturday against Scotsman Andy Murray.
Posted at 11:07 a.m.
“We expressed our regrets to Nick Kyrgios and his team for what happened and assured him that we do not accept such behavior,” they said.
“The incident is currently under investigation and no discriminatory expressions from spectators will be accepted,” they added.
Following his defeat (7-6 [7/5]6-2) against Murray on Saturday, Kyrgios posted a message on his Instagram account to deplore the behavior of some of the spectators.
“When is this going to stop? Having to deal with racist insults from the crowd? “wrote the Australian. “I know my behavior isn’t always the best, but ‘little black sheep’ ‘shut up and play’ – these little comments are not acceptable,” the 78 continued.e world player.
During this meeting, the terrible child of Australian tennis had lost his temper: he was penalized by the chair umpire with a point, then a game for unsportsmanlike conduct at the start of the second set, after having broke a racket and a heated exchange with a group of spectators.
Kyrgios must participate from Monday in the ATP 500 tournament in Halle, still in Germany.