TEMPERATURES HIT RECORD heights at Wimbledon on Wednesday — and things got even more heated when Nick Kyrgios launched another rant at an umpire.
The fiery Australian lost his cool with Carlos Bernardes during his straight sets win against Juan Monaco.
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“Is that a threat?” Kyrigos snapped at the umpire. ”Does it feel good to be in the chair up there? Do you feel strong up there?”
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Kyrgios, who landed himself in trouble on Monday following a separate row with an umpire, then turned to the line judge who had apparently reported him for an infraction.
“You’re a real champion,” he fumed. “Did you get your point across?”
Kyrgios, 20, tried to play down the incident in his press conference afterwards.
I was just asking the umpire what the line judge said. I was just curious. I wasn’t causing any drama there.
“I just thought the umpire thought he was top dog in the chair really,” he added. “He was telling me not to speak to him, all that stuff. Doesn’t really matter, you know.”
Temperatures hit 35.7°C near Wimbledon, Britain’s Met Office said — the hottest tournament day on record since 1976.
'Does it feel strong to be in the chair?' Nick Kyrgios went full McEnroe at Wimbledon today
TEMPERATURES HIT RECORD heights at Wimbledon on Wednesday — and things got even more heated when Nick Kyrgios launched another rant at an umpire.
The fiery Australian lost his cool with Carlos Bernardes during his straight sets win against Juan Monaco.
“Is that a threat?” Kyrigos snapped at the umpire. ”Does it feel good to be in the chair up there? Do you feel strong up there?”
https://vine.co/v/e1ZBr27t0QF
Kyrgios, who landed himself in trouble on Monday following a separate row with an umpire, then turned to the line judge who had apparently reported him for an infraction.
“You’re a real champion,” he fumed. “Did you get your point across?”
Kyrgios, 20, tried to play down the incident in his press conference afterwards.
“I just thought the umpire thought he was top dog in the chair really,” he added. “He was telling me not to speak to him, all that stuff. Doesn’t really matter, you know.”
Temperatures hit 35.7°C near Wimbledon, Britain’s Met Office said — the hottest tournament day on record since 1976.
– Additional reporting by AFP
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