(London) Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and Australian Nick Kyrgios were each fined by the organizers of the London Grand Slam tournament after the match on 3e a stormy round having pitted them against Wimbledon on Saturday, won by the Australian in four sets in an electric atmosphere.
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Tsitsipas (5e worldwide) was fined $10,000 for intentionally and angrily throwing a ball into the audience of Court N.1. Kyrgios (40e) was fined $4,000 for uttering an obscenity.
In a match he described as “crazy”, Kyrgios did everything to disturb and irritate his opponent, upset the referee and hysterize the public.
Exasperated, Tsitsipas targeted the Australian several times with heavy strikes (smash, high forehand very close to the net while Kyrgios was inside the court in front of him). Without touching it.
“He spends his time bullying others […] He martyrs his adversaries. He was probably a bully himself at school. I don’t like bullies […] there is also a demonic side to him, which, when expressed, can really hurt and do a lot of harm to the people around him, ”said the Greek after his defeat.
“Maybe he should first figure out how to beat me once or twice before taking care of something else,” quipped his winner.