Kyrgios unperturbed by TV swearing
Nick Kyrgios said he was not bothered the BBC had to apologise for his language during his win over Kyle Edmund at Queen’s Club.
Kyrgios won 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 but ended the second-round Fever-tree Championships match by swearing in frustration at missing a match point. A number of obscenities were clearly picked up by TV microphones and the BBC commentator had to apologise to viewers.
Asked about the fact the BBC had to apologise on air for his language, the Australian, below, said:“fine.idon’tcare.”
When asked if he would like to keep such outbursts under control, he replied to the journalist: “Do you swear? No, do you swear? Yes or no? Yes or no? Do you swear? Do you swear? Okay, great. Good question.”
Kyrgios had been in more amiable mood when discussing his win over Edmund, in which he sent down a whopping 32 aces and faced only one break point.
He said: “I feel pretty good. I got a bit tight towards the end of the match, which is normal.
“I haven’t played a lot of matches in the last couple of months. So, I mean, when I’m serving out a match we have been playing for a couple of hours. I got pretty tight. Apart from that, I’m always pretty relaxed and 32 aces helps.” Meanwhile, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, the defending champions, reached the semifinals of the men’s doubles by defeating Wesley Koolhof and Marcus Daniell 6-3, 6-6, 10-7, and will now face the No 1 seeds, Olivier Marach and Mate Pavic.
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza lost 6-2, 6-4 to Barbora Strycova in the second round of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham. British tennis great Tim Henman leads an all-star cast at the Brodies Tennis Invitational which takes place at Gleneagles Hotel today and tomorrow.
The four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist is joined in Auchterarder by former world No 1 Thomas Muster, French Open finalist Henri Leconte, US Open and Wimbledon finalist Mark Philippoussis and Scotland’s own Colin Fleming in the only ATP Champions Tour event to be staged in this country. The two-day tournament will also see the best home-grown junior talent playing at the Gleneagles Arena.
The legends will battle it out in today’s semi-finals, with the final and doubles exhibition match taking place tomorrow.
Four of Scotland’s most promising young tennis players are getting the chance to compete alongside some of the sport’s greats.
Teenagers Rosie Sterk, Lucia Rizza, Jacob Fearnley and Connor Thomson have been invited to play doubles and mixed doubles matches at the Brodies Invitational.
Sterk, a 14-year-old Wallace High School pupil, and 15-year-old Rizza of Firrhill High are the Scottish indoor doubles champions. Fearnley, 16, attends Merchiston Castle School and is ranked No 4 in the United Kingdom at under-18 level, while 17-year-old Beaconhurst pupil Thomson is ranked No 9 in the U18 standings.
“The depth of junior tennis talent in Scotland is going from strength to strength. It’s a very exciting time for our sport,” said Fleming, the national coach for Tennis Scotland.” l Tickets for the Brodies Tennis Invitational are available at brodiesinvitational.com