Kyrgios

2022 - 7 - 5

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Nick Kyrgios set to appear in Australian court following assault charge (CBSSports.com)

The tennis star is facing an assault charge from an alleged incident with a former girlfriend that took place late last year.

During the first round, a spectator was taunting him and Kyrgios responded by spitting in the direction of the heckler. Kyrgios is currently competing in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in seven years. "Given the matter is before the court...

The Nick Kyrgios Show, Also Known as Wimbledon, Gets Another ... (The New York Times)

Kyrgios, the big, talented Australian, has taken over Wimbledon with his antics and psychological warfare. It's working.

He missed seven of eight first serves in the third game of the second set, then missed a forehand on break point, and suddenly Kyrgios had the momentum. The show goes on, and maybe on and on. Nakashima serving at deuce at 1-1 made for a convenient time for Kyrgios to start jawing with the chair umpire. How about three serves in the 75-m.p.h. range, one underhanded, and a forehand on set point so obviously aimed off the court? On serve, midway through, Kyrgios called for the physiotherapist and a medical timeout. And then the numbers on the board tracking the speed of Kyrgios’s serve began to climb, from the 110s into the 120s in miles per hour and upward from there. Serving at a tight moment late in the set, Kyrgios hit 137 and 132 on the radar gun. Midway through the first set against Nakashima, Kyrgios appeared to injure his right upper arm and shoulder while trying to muscle a forehand return of Nakashima’s serve. Unable to swing freely and unable to unleash that nearly 140 m.p.h. serve as he did in his first three matches, Kyrgios stopped chasing and reaching for balls. But the mind can instinctually relax, suggesting to not hit that next forehand so close to the line or so hard because maybe it’s not necessary against a weakened opponent. He knows as well as anyone that tennis is as much a mental fight as a physical one, maybe more so. His regular battles with officials erupt without warning and can reappear throughout the match.

Nick Kyrgios is driving everyone nuts at Wimbledon (Deadspin)

He is absolutely crushing it (and maybe headed to prison afterward)

The ATP was only too happy to do nothing and using that as cover, to the fury of more than a few players, but they’ll also feel Kyrgios is a much easier target whatever the outcome of the trial. The constant jabbering only infuriated Tsitsipas more, and he spent more than one game more concerned with labeling Kyrgios’s forehead with a ball than trying to win. Combined with Kyrgios talking to himself even during Tsitsipas’s serve and his blistering pace of play, and he certainly had the Greek on edge before the underhand serves. He can tickle the opposite side of the net with most delicate drop shot from anywhere on the court, and treat it like nothing as he gives up the next point with criminal nonchalance. Of course, with Kyrgios everything has its own context, and when he does it it’s seen as him not taking the match or sport seriously. And his run to the quarters (so far) at Wimbledon has been perhaps the most shining example of that in his career.

'Rude and annoying Nick Kyrgios not to blame in Stefanos Tsitsipas ... (Eurosport.com)

Toni Nadal has said that Nick Kyrgios is "rude and annoying" but wasn't to blame for the uproar around his third-round clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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Tennis Star Nick Kyrgios Charged for Assault (NBC Chicago)

Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari following an incident from December 21, according to ...

Amid Wimbledon run, Nick Kyrgios facing assault charge in Australia (The Washington Post)

Nick Kyrgios, who is in the midst of a stormy run to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, is facing charges over a December assualt in Australia involving his ...

Wimbledon starts: The season’s third Grand Slam returns in full with big crowds, roars and a little rain. Wimbledon men: After ‘a hell of a battle’ at Wimbledon, Frances Tiafoe awaits the next step. After his first-round win over Britain’s Paul Jubb, he acknowledged spitting in the direction of a fan he claimed had been “disrespecting” him. The Australian responded with a cynical underhand serve and incessantly demanding that the chair umpire default Tsitsipas. “Given the matter is before the court … he doesn’t have a comment at this stage, but in the fullness of time we’ll issue a media release.” “He literally came to the match to literally just not even support anyone, really.

Nick Kyrgios: Wimbledon quarterfinalist charged with assaulting his ... (CNN)

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios is due to face court next month in the Australian capital of Canberra after allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend late last ...

Moffett said his client is aware of the charge. CNN has reached out to Wimbledon for comment on whether these allegations will affect his participation in the tournament. , who first reported the news, that he had been briefed on the matter, which was "in the context of a domestic relationship."

Wimbledon quarterfinalist Kyrgios due in court in Australia (WOKV)

WIMBLEDON, England — (AP) — Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nick Kyrgios is due in court back home in Australia next month, and a lawyer representing him said ...

The Canberra Times reported that Kyrgios is supposed to appear in court on Aug. 2. Johannessen wrote that “the allegations are not considered as fact” by the court, and Kyrgios is not “considered charged” with an offense until a first appearance in court. “While Mr. Kyrgios is committed to addressing any and all allegations once clear, taking the matter seriously does not warrant any misreading of the process Mr. Kyrgios is required to follow,” attorney Pierre Johannessen wrote in a statement emailed to the media.

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