Nick Kyrgios, who has had what we might go ahead and call a pretty eventful year, has been dropped from Australia‘s Davis Cup showdown against Great Britain, our first Davis Cup semi-final since 2006.
Australian captain Wally Masur said that Kyrgios’s outing from the team was a matter of “mutual agreement”, and he’ll be missing the Glasgow tournament to “focus on his personal and professional development.” He added:
“After some good healthy discussion with Nick and his team, we have agreed on a plan to help him develop all aspects of his game and ensure a long and successful future in the sport. Next week’s tie has come a bit too soon for him and is not in that plan.”
In his first-round loss to Kazakhstan‘s Aleksandr Nedovyesov in the Davis Cup quarter-finals, the 20-year-old famously cried out “I don’t want to be here”; today’s news might well seem like him getting his wish.
Kyrgios has been replaced on the Davis Cup team by a reinstated Bernard Tomic, who was kicked off Australia’s quarter-finals team after “disparaging and disrespectful” comments he made at about Pat Rafter and Tennis Australia.
Controversial ‘Strayan Kyrgios was recently knocked out of the U.S. Open by Andy Murray, after copping a pretty bloody brutal match-up against the Scot in the first round.
The notoriously fiery Kyrgios, who was threatened with hefty fines and a suspension unless he cleaned up his on-court behaviour, sailed somewhat close to the wind in that match, having a go at the umpire after spectators were let in during the first set.
If Australia triumphs in the Davis Cup semis, we will go on to face either Argentina or Belgium in the November 27-29 finals, our first final in the tournament since 2003.
via ABC News
Photo: Clive Brunskill via Getty Images
Photo: Clive Brunskill via Getty Images
