Nick Kyrgios assured that after his victory in the second round of the Australian Open doubles modality together with his compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis over the Croatians and main favorites Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic, the trainer and coach of the Balkans threatened him with starting a fight for having inadvertently hit his pupils with a pitch during the clash.
“Just to inform you, yesterday after making double mincemeat the trainer and coach of our rivals proceeded with a threat. Tennis is a soft sport, all because I moved and hit them with a tennis ball,” he posted on his Instagram account. Twitter.
For its part, the doubles player Pavic, champion of the last Olympic Games and Wimbledon, denounced the disrespectful attitude of the tribune, in the same way that the Russian Daniil Medvedev did after his victory in the second round against Kyrgios himself in the center court Rod Laver Arena.
“They are very noisy. Obviously they cheer for the Aussies but I’m sure the local tennis players wouldn’t mind if they showed more respect for their opponents.” the Croatian stated.
