Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas were fined after their third-round match at Wimbledon on Saturday (2).
World number 5 Tsitsipas was fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct – the highest individual fine at the tournament so far.
After the match, he apologized for hitting a ball in the stands, which is considered a separate offense in the Grand Slam rulebook.
Kyrgios, who won the match in four sets and faced American Brandon Nakashima in the fourth round on Monday (4), was fined $4,000 for audible obscenity.
That means the Australian has been fined $14,000 so far in this tournament, having been sanctioned for spitting in the direction of a spectator he said was disrespecting him during his first-round match against Briton Paul Jubb.
After Saturday’s heated exchange, Tsitsipas and Kyrgios continued to exchange barbs off the court – the Greek fourth seed called his opponent “evil” and “bully”, while Kyrgios said Tsitsipas “is not appreciated” in the locker room.
“I didn’t do anything to Stefanos today that was disrespectful,” he added. “I wasn’t training him with balls. Coming in here and saying that I bullied him, that’s just plain soft.”
Kyrgios has attracted controversy for his on-court behavior throughout his career, but at Wimbledon this year he also played some of his best tennis – most notably when he swept Filip Krajinovic just an hour and 25 minutes into the second round.
The 27-year-old has reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam on two previous occasions – a record he could match by beating Nakashima when the two meet on center court.
Source: CNN Brasil
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