For one night only, Nick Kyrgios show rolls through New York
NEW YORK – After making crude remarks during a Rogers Cup match in Montreal last month, 20-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios was fined $25,000 and suspended 28 days from ATP play.
Kyrgios had said that another player had slept with the current girlfriend of Stan Wawrinka. He made the comment in a heated moment during a match against Wawrinka. It didn't fly in the tight-lipped tennis world, with most of the veterans later criticizing the Aussie.
Penalties like that might make a young player stop and consider how he is perceived on the court and in the locker room. Well, maybe other players. Apparently it had no effect on Kyrgios. Tuesday night's match against No. 3 Andy Murray featured just as many emotional outbursts and racket tosses as any in recent memory.
The antics started immediately.
#Kyrgios fuming that fans were still entering the stadium in the middle of his last service game. #USOpen2015 pic.twitter.com/y2XGcG3Jbq
— Live Tennis (@livetennis) September 1, 2015
Perhaps they wore him out. He needed a nap on one of his changeovers.
Pretty much our reaction after we lose the first set too... #Kyrgios #USOpen2015 https://t.co/URmzIUyD8X
— TAB (@tabcomau) September 2, 2015
I MEAN. #USOpen #Kyrgios pic.twitter.com/LeMiR3TDyW
— Matthew! (@mreiter18) September 2, 2015
But he still found time for trick shots.
Pulling the trick shots out of the bag early on...#USOpen #Kyrgios pic.twitter.com/DtrhVitaGf
— CrownBet.com.au (@crownbet) September 2, 2015
Unfortunately, they didn't always work.
The half tweeter volley was coming from Nick Kyrgios, and here it was: pic.twitter.com/LGSzPykToG
— Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) September 2, 2015
Anyone capable of reading lips could see profanity spewing out of Kyrgios. Not to mention all of his comments to the officials.
#Kyrgios getting lippy w. Carlos Ramos already. We're not even 6 games in. Shut your mouth + play tennis. #USOpen
— Hana Fikree (@Tazzie_D) September 1, 2015
And when he failed to convert a crucial break-point while trailing 2-4 in the second set, he gave his best audition to be the baton twirler on a high school color guard.
The only time he didn't lose his head, he lost his racket.
Even Monfils hasn't had his racquet fly out of his hands like Nick Kyrgios has done. pic.twitter.com/JNPBVOiAqX
— Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) September 2, 2015
By the end, all he could do was laugh.
Ups, Nick. pic.twitter.com/Wl87L19sLt (via @sluggahjells) #usopen
— Ténis Portugal (@TenisPortugal) September 2, 2015
And at least some fans think it's time to get off the kid's back.
The way they're talking about Kyrgios you think he murdered someone. Dude threw his racket. He's 20. Calm down you idiots.
— Zach NYK (@zd183_NYK) September 2, 2015
Just as quickly as it started, the Kyrgios show is over. Murray moved on with the 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 win.