Nick Kygrios blows up at female umpire in Australian Open showdown over let machine issue- but now fans are going wild for HER
Nick Kyrgios hasn’t taken long to lose his cool as he fights to keep his Australian Open campaign alive.
The Australian world number 47 is back on his favourite court John Cain Arena at Melbourne Park hoping to cause an upset against Frenchman Ugo Humbert.
He has already destroyed a racquet.
He momentarily lost his cool midway through the first set when he was called for a let multiple times in a row, despite believing his serve was well above the net
‘Reset the machine, because the ball is this far off the net. Look at the replay,’ a fired up Kyrgios told chair umpire Marijana Veljovic.
She replied: ‘I can’t do anything about it now.’
Kyrgios wouldn’t take no for an answer.
‘Obviously something is wrong, so reset the machine,’ he repeated.
‘Will do,’ the umpire replied.
His fiery temper was back on display when he smashed his racquet at the end of the first set
Alicia Gowans, the girlfriend of Kyrgios’ brother Christos was back in the players box with the family, two nights after she was ordered out of his box during the early stages of the first round clash.
More to come.
