KYRGIOS COLLECTS CODE VIOLATION DURING CRUSHING FIRST ROUND WIN
MELBOURNE: Australia’s big hope Nick Kyrgios admitted he was nervous as he stormed into the second round of the Australian Open on Monday, collecting a code violation along the way. The volatile 17th seed was on autopilot throughout as he disposed of Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in 87 minutes. He played a flawless opening set but that didn’t stop him from receiving a code violation. The Australian was serving for a 4-1 lead when he told a member of the crowd to keep quiet during his service motion in colourful language that did not go down well with the chair umpire. Kyrgios and the umpire exchanged words during the changeover after the Australian had taken the opening set for the loss of one game in just 28 minutes. “All you have to do is say ‘please be quiet when the player is serving’,” Kyrgios told the umpire. “If you did it the first time, he wouldn’t have done it the second time, correct? Correct? “Kyrgios added afterwards: “I just was surprised that he didn’t say anything to the crowd as soon as I’m serving. I don’t know. Obviously didn’t bother me too much.” The Brazilian, ranked 100, halted a losing run of seven straight games to get on the board in the second set to a ironic roar from the festive crowd.