Nick Kyrgios

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A fiery Nick Kyrgios has narrowly survived a five-set scare as he battled through his first round match at Wimbledon. The Aussie tennis star beat Brit Paul.

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Kyrgios said he was fed up with being verbally and racially taunted during his first-round win at Wimbledon.

It's like that could actually hurt someone's feelings." That's called whistleblowing." "That's fine. "Look, I'm okay with receiving a lot of it. I've been dealing with hate and negativity for a long time, so I don't feel like I owed that person anything. It was more just to, like, stir up and disrespect.

A fiery Nick Kyrgios has narrowly survived a five-set scare as he battled through his first round match at Wimbledon. The Aussie tennis star beat Brit Paul ...

He was handed a ball abuse warning for the act. Kyrgios' words towards the line judge continued after a check on one of his serves, the Aussie was heard saying she was "the worst I've ever seen" and telling her to "get off the court" as her call was overruled. But if they pay me enough I'll probably do it." The at-times volatile Aussie completely lost it however after his serve was broken and he clobbered a ball out of the Court 3 stadium his opening round match was being played on. Kyrgios branded the line judge a "snitch" who "has no fans" in the opening minutes of the highly-charged tie - and continued with his comments towards the chair - and some British fans - as the match went on. As the changeover continued, courtside microphones picked up Kyrgios calling the line judge a "snitch" who "has no fans".

Nick Kyrgios admitted to spitting in the direction of an abusive fan as he gave an explosive post-match press conference on Tuesday.

If they make a bad call, I just focus on one line, why would I have sympathy for that? At one point I think you said: "You're in your 90s, you can't see the ball." It's not just, Oh, he made a bad call, and I'm just abusing the umpire. So arguably if the guy was 40, he may not have called that out. Because there's a fence there, and I physically can't do anything or say anything because I'll get in trouble. Like someone just yelled out I was s*** in the crowd today. "And I'm just starting to think that it's normal - when it's really not. It's just I don't know if it's normal or not. I just don't understand why spectators feel like they're able to do that. I'm just starting to think that it's normal when it's really not. "He literally came to the match to not even support anyone really, just to stir up disrespect. I would not be doing that to someone who was supporting me."

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I've been dealing with hate and negativity for a long time, so I don't feel like I owed that person anything," the 27-year-old Australian said.

To a request for some of the details of his on-court discussion following that call, he replied: “I said most of the umpires are older, and I just don’t think that’s ideal when you’re playing a sport of such small margins. “It just carries on to real life.” Following his loss in that match, he took to social media to declare the umpire “clearly ISNT GOOD ENOUGH to be doing these matches.” The ATP fined him $35,000. At times, he displays the talent to beat anyone but also a combustible nature that makes him his own worst enemy. “He literally came to the match to literally just not even support anyone, really. Speaking after his five-set victory over Britain’s Paul Jubb, Kyrgios asserted that, unlike at a recent tournament in Germany, the heckling he received Tuesday wasn’t racist.

Nick Kyrgios admitted to spitting in the direction of a fan he felt was "disrespecting" him during his opening round win at Wimbledon.

"I didn't say anything to the crowd until they started just every time I came down to the far end. It was more just to stir up and disrespect." I would not be doing that to someone who was supporting me.

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There’s hundreds and thousands of dollars on the line, why would I have sympathy for that? “Well yeah, if I hit a 220km/h serve and it hits them, I’m like, ‘Oh sorry, are you OK?’ But if they make a bad call that focused on one line, why would I have sympathy for that? The Aussie called one line judge a “snitch”, repeatedly told another to get off court when she made a mistake, and yelped at two line judges when they made rogue calls. He went on with his defence.“I don’t go into Argos and just start smashing someone at the counter when they’re doing their job. They can just say something and they film it and then they laugh about it.” Like, he literally came to the match to literally just not even support anyone, really.

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If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. Davis Cup matches have also dropped from best-of-five-set matches to best-of-three, leaving Wimbledon as the last event where men’s doubles matches can go five sets. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. I guess it’s the history and what it’s been. That's why I haven't played it before.

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Rudd observed: “This is a man wrapped up in his own skewed narrative. The heavyweight Daily Telegraph was less even-handed. Under the damning headline, “Why is this most cretinous player at Wimbledon”, Ian Herbert said he was “rambling and often incoherent” with “relentless, poisonous tirades” as he accused the 27-year-old of “nursing a sense of victimhood”.

Nick Kyrgios always speaks his mind, but a prominent commentator believes he's taken things to an extreme at Wimbledon this year. Read more here.

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