14 October,2015 08:23 AM IST | | AFP
Australia's Nick Kyrgios was slapped with a $1,500 fine yesterday for a foul-mouthed outburst at the Shanghai Masters, officials said, pushing him closer to a potential four-week ban
Nick Kyrgios
Shanghai: Australia's Nick Kyrgios was slapped with a $1,500 fine yesterday for a foul-mouthed outburst at the Shanghai Masters, officials said, pushing him closer to a potential four-week ban.
Nick Kyrgios
Kyrgios was fined for an audible obscenity during his win over Andreas Haider-Maurer, when he was also heard calling the tournament a "circus" and complaining about the ball kids, according to reports.
The 20-year-old could trigger a 28-day ban if he incurs $5,000 in fines before next February, after he was given a suspended ban in August for his controversial insult against Stan Wawrinka.
Kyrgios received his second code violation in a week when he slammed the "f'''ing surface" at the Shanghai venue on Monday. He is skating on thin ice, after incurring the suspended ban for making a sexual comment about Wawrinka's girlfriend during their match at the Rogers Cup in Canada in August.
Following Monday's match he maintained conditions were "crazy" at the Shanghai complex's Grandstand Court, where a cameraman was ejected for repeatedly talking during points. "They were talking in the middle of the points.
I was just expecting a lot more obviously from a Masters event. You're not going to see Roger (Federer) or Rafa (Rafael Nadal) playing on a court like that. They're always playing on centre court, where things go smoothly," Kyrgios said.
