Tempers boil as Nick Kyrgios stuns fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas – who called the Australian tennis star a 'bully' with 'an evil side” – in a wild and wonderful Wimbledon third-round slugfest. Wimbledon
LONDON, England – Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas labeled Nick Kyrgios a “bully” with “an evil side” to his character after losing a bad-tempered Wimbledon third-round clash on Saturday, July 2.
Kyrgios had kept up a running dialogue with the umpire at times during the match, was warned for swearing and upset his opponent to such an extent that Tsitsipas tried to hit him with a smash after coming close to being defaulted for whacking a ball in frustration into the crowd. “Yeah, it’s constant bullying, that’s what he does. He bullies opponents. He was probably a bully at school himself. I don’t like bullies,” Tsitsipas said.
Kyrgios, fined $10,000 after his first-round match for spitting towards a fan, was warned for swearing on Saturday and then called for Tsitsipas to be defaulted after the Greek hit a ball close to a spectator’s head after losing the second set.