This is not what one thinks of when pondering the supposedly genteel roots of tennis, and the purportedly proper atmosphere at dates-to-the-1800s Wimbledon, the All England Lawn Tennis Club: a player, Nick Kyrgios, capping a first-round victory.
“I’ve been dealing with hate and negativity for a long time, so I don’t feel like I owed that person anything. Like, he literally came to the match to literally just not even support anyone, really. It was more just to stir up and disrespect. That’s fine,” Kyrgios said after beating Britain’s Paul Jubb, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-7 , 7-5. “But if I give it back to you, then that’s just how it is.”
This comes less than three weeks after organizers at a tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, investigated when from the crowd during a match, and raises questions about when unruly behavior is too unruly or whether more should, or even can, be done to shield athletes from inappropriate comments that come from the stands.
At a tournament in Indian Wells, California, in March, Naomi Osaka cried after a spectator shouted, “Osaka, you suck!” “Personally, I’ve never experienced any type of heckling on the court I’m very lucky, because I know other players have experienced it. Definitely online, I have the experience a lot, but that’s different,” said Coco Gauff, an 18-year-old Floridian who was the runner-up at the French Open this month and won her Wimbledon match Tuesday. “I definitely think there is a line that you shouldn’t cross.”“That’s definitely way past the line,” she said.
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