Nick Kyrgios Laughs Off Warning His Behaviour Is ‘On Watch’ For Rio Olympics

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May 8, 2016

Earlier this week, tennis tearaways Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic were put on notice for their behaviour, essentially being given a clip on the ear and told to shape up, on the court and off, if they want to represent Australia at the coming Rio Olympics.

Australia’s Olympic chef de mission Kitty Chiller was less than impressed with Tomic’s Madrid Open performance this week, when he threw a match point by holding his racquet backwards, then followed up by saying he’s 23 and loaded and basically doesn’t give a shit.

Yesterday, at an Austalian Olympic Committee general meeting in Sydney, Chiller said that she found his behaviour “appalling”, adding:

“It goes against every … value that all the Olympians live by, it goes against everything that we’ve been trying to build in this team. I would not want to see any of our Olympic team members behave in this way.”

Chiller went on to say that Tomic is one of several athletes under the microscope, another being Kyrgios, who is on watch for his generally consistently belligerent and hilarious conduct around umpires, opponents and spectators.

Kyrgios, of course, wan’t about to take that lying down, and swatted the remarks away on Twitter, saying: “Someone tell that Kitty chiller to watch that tweener lob, then she will understand why I’m on watch for the olympics lol”.

Someone tell that Kitty chiller to watch that tweener lob, then she will understand why I’m on watch for the olympics lol #smh

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) May 7, 2016

The lob he’s referring to is the one below, that he pulled out in his first set against Kei Nishikori. Despite the miraculous shot, labelled by commentators as a highlight of the tournament, he ultimately fell to Nishikori in their quarter-finals match.

Absolutely incredible tweener lob by Nick Kyrgios at the #MadridOpen. https://t.co/jaJbFpNB2l

— Fans Of Sport (@FansOfSport) May 6, 2016

In March of this year, Kyrgios was told to “please stop using F-words” by an umpire at Indian Wells. The ball, as it were, is in the AOC’s court, so watch this space for the inevitable blow-up in the next few weeks.

Source: News Corp.
Photo: Clive Brunskill / Getty.