Timeline of Kyrgios controversies

Almost disqualification (August, 2014) Kyrgios’ 2014 US Open is remembered as win against Nadal, but trailing in our memory from that fortnight at Flushing Meadows, only just, was his outburst Row with Wawrinka (March, 2015) The Australian delivered a controversial and downright ugly sledge during a match against fans’ favourite Stan Wawrinka at the 2015 Rogers Cup Umpire abuse (June, 2015) Inappropriate language has landed Nick Kyrgios in hot water on more than one occasion, but none more so than at Wimbledon in 2015 Double trouble in London (June, 2015) During a match with Milos Raonic, Kyrgios was handed a code violation after angrily throwing his racquet into the ground with so much force Tanking at Wimbledon (June, 2015) After a number of controversial calls went against him, Kyrgios appeared to completely give up on his match against Richard Gasquet at the All England Club. Dealing with Chiller, Fraser (May, 2016) You can probably guess what Kyrgios did when Australia’s Olympic Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller accused the tennis bad boy of acting like a buffoon Interested in Pokemon (July, 2016) Kyrgios caused a stir on Twitter when he claimed he was more interested in catching Pokemon than playing tennis. A series of tweets that suggested he got more thrill Cincinnati meltdown (August, 2016) During his early exit from the Cincinnati Masters, he vented his frustrations Happy Gilmore style by smashing not one, not two, but three tennis racquets Mac attack (August, 2016) Kyrgios withdrew from his US Open match against Illya Marchenko with a hip flexor injury, saying he felt like he’d been “hit by a bus” at one point during the defeat Shanghai surprise (October, 2016) Kyrgios was booed during a listless 6-3, 6-1 loss to Zverev at the Shanghai Masters, then angrily defended his behaviour by saying he didn’t owe the spectators anything