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Aristotle Pickett said:
He whacked one ball that hit no one.
Kyrgios said 'good shot' when Tsits hit one out.
He constantly berates the unpire as a tactic to put off the other player.
He serves underarm.
If Tsits wants to whack him with a tennis ball fair enough. When did anyone ever get hurt by being hit in the body with a tennis ball?
The main point he that he is disrepectful of umpires and oppo players as a tactic and to calm himself down.
Plus he never owns his mistakes. He sounds like an 8 yo kid going 'but, but , but not my fault, what about what he did'.
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This is a pretty bizarre take. Firstly the ball seemed to actually hit the person off the wall. That's also not really the point right - the action is the same whether it actually hits someone or not.

You basically pick and choose when you want people to follow the conventions of tennis - you take issue with underarm serves but whacking tennis balls at someone is ok. You take issue with Kyrgios' whataboutism, but not Tsitipas' who basically had the bigget whataboutism of all with all this talk about bullying other players which is based on pretty much nothing.

Despite their antics I like both of them while wishing that they toned down certain elements of their behaviour tbh, but the double standards in your post are pretty bizarre.
 
Mateyman said:
This is a pretty bizarre take. Firstly the ball seemed to actually hit the person off the wall. That's also not really the point right - the action is the same whether it actually hits someone or not.

You basically pick and choose when you want people to follow the conventions of tennis - you take issue with underarm serves but whacking tennis balls at someone is ok. You take issue with Kyrgios' whataboutism, but not Tsitipas' who basically had the bigget whataboutism of all with all this talk about bullying other players which is based on pretty much nothing.

Despite their antics I like both of them while wishing that they toned down certain elements of their behaviour tbh, but the double standards in your post are pretty bizarre.
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If you think Kyrgios hasn't done anything wrong you're just being parochial.
I liked McEnroe and other firey players but Kyrgios just doesn't shut up and he bullshits about what he's done.
 

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Gees, epic third set tiebreak that one.

Sinner had two match points (one on serve) while Alcaraz finally converted his fifth set point to take us to a fourth.
 
danstar said:
I cant stand Kyrgios behavior, what he did last night, should see him booted from the tournament, you cant bully a umpire for a whole match and get away with it. I think every time that a player yells at an umpire it should be automatic code violation, need to stamp it out. Nick did enough to get defaulted from the match last night, should walk away from wimbledon with $0 prize money and have a fine on top of that as well and a suspension, stupid behaviour and dont need a generation growing up thinking thats ok
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I can't agree here.

I reckon yelling at umpires should be a tactic utilised more often. They've been sitting high up in their chairs for years looking down on players. It's time players take a stance and berate them whenever something isn't going their way.

I'll even go a step further than that and say if the ball rebounds off an umpire and lands in the court, play on. Players need to be utilising this tactic too. Smash the ball into the umpire to try to craft a cheeky winner as it rebounds into the court for a winner. And if the umpire ducks for cover in an attempt to avoid being hit, they should be fined and suspended for a first offence. For a second offence they should serve jail time.
 
I like how some have an issue with Kyrigos’ antics a couple of nights ago…

But it was his opponent being a tool..and his opponent caused the whole sport to limit toilet breaks…
 
LukeParkerno1 said:
I like how some have an issue with Kyrigos’ antics a couple of nights ago…

But it was his opponent being a tool..and his opponent caused the whole sport to limit toilet breaks…
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Didn't Kyrgios get fined for spitting the match before?
He pulls some bullshit every match he plays.
 
Drummond said:
Djokovic gets it done before curfew. Phew. Barely missed a ball last two sets.
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Good enough weirdly a nice hard hitout without being in massive trouble. Don't mind it, looked good nothing he could do set 2.
 
Aristotle Pickett said:
Didn't Kyrgios get fined for spitting the match before?
He pulls some bullshit every match he plays.
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And he was fined for it, and I am far from a Kyrigos fan. However don't pretend Tsispas is some angel. Bloke abused the toilet break rule to no end. Both were as bad as each other the other night in fact Tsispas was worse whacking a ball anywhere near the crowd, I'm fine with it being not a default but neither should Novak at the US for me.
 
It's funny how some defend Kyrgios and some like the way he goes about it. If he was a player from the USA, a lot less would like him from Australia.

It's not just a one off with him, it's pattern behaviour over many years. He gets paid millions in sponsorship and appearance fees so he's the one laughing.

Probably prefer to listen to the opinion of champions of the game about Kyrgios. He disrespects the sport and as I said a few pages back, is this how we want young tennis athletes to behave on the tennis court in 10 years time?

www.abc.net.au

Pat Cash slams Nick Kyrgios for 'cheating, manipulation, abuse'

Pat Cash has launched a blistering attack on Nick Kyrgios's behaviour at Wimbledon, saying his fellow Australian is "out of control".
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au

Kyrgios was actively encouraging wild behaviour of the crowd at the Australian open this year in the doubles. Very disrespectful of the opponents at times. Yet he comes out in the first round at Wimbledon and complains about crowd behaviour. I've been to many of his matches over the years, he disrespects officials often.
 
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pepsi said:
It's funny how some defend Kyrgios and some like the way he goes about it. If he was a player from the USA, a lot less would like him from Australia.

It's not just a one off with him, it's pattern behaviour over many years. He gets paid millions in sponsorship and appearance fees so he's the one laughing.

Probably prefer to listen to the opinion of champions of the game about Kyrgios. He disrespects the sport and as I said a few pages back, is this how we want young tennis athletes to behave on the tennis court in 10 years time?

www.abc.net.au

Pat Cash slams Nick Kyrgios for 'cheating, manipulation, abuse'

Pat Cash has launched a blistering attack on Nick Kyrgios's behaviour at Wimbledon, saying his fellow Australian is "out of control".
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
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Pat Cash was hardly some moral citizen on the court though (they were all fiery in that era), although the absolute funniest one was John McEnroe trying to criticise Nick for behaviour lol! I do like characters in the sport but there has to be a line, and it's not as if Tsispas hasn't done things in this match and in the past (coaching infractions, toilet breaks)
 
pepsi said:
So where is the line? Does Kyrgios cross that line or are you ok with his behaviour?
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He pushes it, I don't like the constant yelling at umpires, but I'm okay with most other things, just feel he should tone down on the umpire stuff.

Lets not pretend Tsitsipas doesn't have a dicey past, how many coaching infractions has he got again? The toilet break debacles as well.
 
LukeParkerno1 said:
And he was fined for it, and I am far from a Kyrigos fan. However don't pretend Tsispas is some angel. Bloke abused the toilet break rule to no end. Both were as bad as each other the other night in fact Tsispas was worse whacking a ball anywhere near the crowd, I'm fine with it being not a default but neither should Novak at the US for me.
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Kyrgios gets fined every match he plays.
How would you react if you played against him?
 
Aristotle Pickett said:
Kyrgios gets fined every match he plays.
How would you react if you played against him?
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Would just let him use all his energy up on the needless things. Honestly Nadal uses it in his favour. You only have a certain amount of energy don't waste it. I'm not fussed about the fining, most players get them.
 
LukeParkerno1 said:
Would just let him use all his energy up on the needless things. Honestly Nadal uses it in his favour. You only have a certain amount of energy don't waste it. I'm not fussed about the fining, most players get them.
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He treats umps and linesman like shit. He called one a snitch, he called the umpire dumb and a disgrace.
If you were ump would you put up with that?
 

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Aristotle Pickett said:
He treats umps and linesman like s**t. He called one a snitch, he called the umpire dumb and a disgrace.
If you were ump would you put up with that?
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The umpiring I don’t like, it’s the one part he needs to tone down. The rest, he’s fine.

There shouldn’t even be lines people- it should be like Australia with electronic lines. We are seeing plenty of howlers this year at Wimbledon.
 
Kyrgios is polarising. Those supporting him are simply being played by him so that he can be portrayed as a free radical against the system.

For someone who says he doesn’t give a shit about tennis, it’s pretty much the opposite when he is acting like a 4 year old chucking a tantrum every 2 seconds or shaking his head when his opponent has done nothing at all.

And comparing Tsitsipas to Kyrgios is laughable, no one is perfect, but Kyrgios intimidates other players and officials and has no respect for history or the public. He’s happy to rake in the millions from the history or public though. Hypocrite
 
Aristotle Pickett said:
He treats umps and linesman like s**t. He called one a snitch, he called the umpire dumb and a disgrace.
If you were ump would you put up with that?
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Most sporting codes would not put up with umpire abuse and disrespecting officials.

Atp is to blame for not enforcing strict rules and suspension.

Players will be competive and might dislike eachother but constantly swearing and berating officials is not entertaining or fun.
 
Aristotle Pickett said:
Kyrgios gets fined every match he plays.
How would you react if you played against him?
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What one normally does with clowns AP - you laugh at them..!

His boorish antics often mask his own stress/insecurities and in more recent times it's become an obvious contrived tactic (seek to dispute anything) that he now employs to put off his opponent...
Code violations and fines he clearly couldn't care less about, even when he loses, mainly as it usually results in more media coverage about him..!

If/if the ATP considered his tactics/behaviour was bringing the sport into disrepute they would enforce related sanctions/suspensions and he simply would not be invited to events - but this does not appear to be the case....
 
Aristotle Pickett said:
  • Cash says Kyrgios has "brought tennis to the lowest level I can see"
  • He said his game against Stefanos Tsitsipas was "absolute mayhem"
  • Mats Wilander told Eurosport Kyrgios's antics were not something he wanted to see again

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McEnroe was far worse, Cash should know that. As for Steph, I don’t think Kyrgios has even gone so slow as to aim smashes at his opponent a few times in a match. Or smack a spectator in the head …or of course try and seek continual coaching from his father in the stands. An astonishing hypocrite young Steph.

Plus you get a journo like Gideon Haigh slagging off Kyrgios but being sympathetic to cheats like Steve Smith and Warner ..what a joke
 

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