Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios has copped a $3,700 fine for telling a rowdy fan to ‘shut the f*** up’.
The outburst occurred during the 22-year-old’s crushing defeat of Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva at the Australian Open on Monday.
The world No. 17 interrupted his own serve to hurl abuse at the spectator, and later was later involved in a fiery exchange with the umpire.
Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios (pictured) has copped a $3,700 fine for telling a rowdy fan to ‘shut the f*** up’
The outburst occurred during the 22-year-old’s crushing defeat of Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva at the Australian Open on Monday (pictured is Kyrgios)
The world No. 17 interrupted his own serve to hurl abuse at the spectator, and later was later involved in a fiery exchange with the umpire (pictured is Kyrgios after the match)
‘Shut the f*** up then,’ Kyrgios can be heard saying before the umpire gives him a warning.
The umpire then asks spectators not to call out, and Kyrgios later demanded to know why he did not tell fans to be quiet earlier.
‘All you have to say is, “please do not speak when the player is serving” the first time,’ Kyrgios told the umpire.
‘I did,’ claimed the umpire, to which Kyrgios replied: ‘If you did it the first time he [the spectator] wouldn’t have done it the second time.’
‘Shut the f*** up then,’ Kyrgios (pictured) can be heard saying before the umpire gives him a warning
Kyrgios was fined $3,700 for unsportsmanlike conduct, and joins nine other players fined a total of $20,000 for incidents in qualifying and the first round.
Clashes with abusive fans do not appear to have put the young star off his game, as he made short work of his opponent, winning 6-1 6-2 6-4.
Croatian player Borna Coric was fined US$6,200 for racquet abuse during his loss to John Millman.
Kyrgios (pictured) was fined $3,700 for unsportsmanlike conduct, and joins nine other players fined a total of $20,000 for incidents in qualifying and the first round
Diego Schwartzman of Argentina and Marius Copil of Romania copped a $2,500 fine for the same indiscretion.
Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan was given two separate $1,200 fines for uttering audible obscenities as was American Alexander Kozlov.
American CoCo Vandeweghe is accused of mouthing obscenities at her first round opponent Timea Babos, will officials yet to make a ruling.
Kyrgios will face the world No. 65, Serbian player Viktor Troicki, in his second round match in the Hisense Arena at 6:45pm on Wednesday.
Kyrgios (pictured signing autographs for fans) will face the world No. 65, Serbian player Viktor Troicki, in his second round match in the Hisense Arena at 6:45pm on Wednesday