Of course, Djokovic went on to collect his 21st career major, second all-time. At the time, he berated his own box and pointed out a woman who allegedly called out during one of his serves, labeling her as “drunk out of her mind,” and saying she’s “had about 700 drinks, bro.” (Earlier in the tournament, Kyrgios also spit in the direction of a fan and was fined $10,000.) The most recent outburst came during the Wimbledon final, where, after keeping his poise and cooly taking the opening set against Novak Djokovic, Kyrgios melted down in epic-but-typical fashion. There were innumerable expletive-filled, on-court rants and tantrums over the months and years, too. There were times when he admittedly threw matches. Kyrgios, Zverev, Tsitsipas and Rune: The ‘bad boys’ of tennis are coming for the 2022 US Open If convicted, he faces up to two years in jail. In July, while in the midst of his run at the All England Club, Kyrgios was charged with assaulting a former girlfriend in an alleged incident last December. You don’t even have to go back that far for some of the bad stuff. “I think I had such a bad experience, and a lot of stuff was going on last year around this time that I just didn’t have a good time on a tennis court at all,” Kyrgios told The Post. Kyrgios has had years with more titles - three in 2016 and two in 2019 - but to say that he is playing anything other than his best tennis, and some of the best tennis of anyone on the planet at the moment, would be to have lived the last couple of months on a deserted island. Welcome to the Nick Kyrgios Show, currently in its best season yet. Tennis player smashes racket so many times in epic meltdown Part of an Argentine pair of siblings in the top 100, Juan Manuel Cerundolo also surged up seven places to be ranked as No 93, 73 places below his brother Francisco.Tennis icon celebrates 80th birthday with some impressive swings: ‘Not done yet!’Ĭhef says she was ‘humped’ while working US Open - and fired for complaining: suitĬlimate protestors are never going to get people to change if they keep acting like this Although Purcell lost to Lehecka in the quarterfinals, with the Czech showing superior strength, he has moved up four rungs on the rankingss to a new career-high No 43.ĭutchman Griekspoor (No 24) and Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki (No 85) were the other players in the top 100 to achieve new career highs this week.

In the third round, the 25-year-old stunned the second seed Tallon Griekspoor, earning him his 11th victory in August overall (qualification matches included). At the ATP 250, Korda defeated Marton Fucsovics and Benjamin Bonzi in straight sets, and the first round of the US Open will see a rematch between the young American and Fucsovics.Īustralian Purcell followed up his quarterfinal performance in Cincinnati with a second participation in the last eight in as many weeks in Winston-Salem. While saving match point to defeat Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals in Winston-Salem, Seb Korda was later forced to quit the competition after suffering an ankle injury during his victory against the Frenchman. The hot prospect, who advanced to the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals final and beat an in-form Max Purcell en route there, lost to Baez in the ATP 250 final. Lehecka, a 21-year-old Czech, narrowly missed out on winning his first ATP Tour title in Winston-Salem but has still climbed to a career-high No 29. In a three-hour, 19-minute marathon final-four match in North Carolina, Baez defeated the Croatian, but Coric will be glad to have gained some momentum before his US Open campaign. The Argentinean defeated Lehecka in quick fashion in the title match to extend his winning streak to 10 games, with no evidence of weariness following his gruelling semi-final duel with Borna Coric.Ĭoric, the top seed in Winston-Salem, advanced to his third tour-level semifinal of the year, which increased his prospects of making a quick comeback to the Top 20 after dropping out of the elite bracket last week. With his victory at Winston-Salem, the 22-year-old Baez joined Carlos Alcaraz (6 titles), Daniil Medvedev (5), and Novak Djokovic (4) as the only players to have won at least three tour-level championships this season. Winston-Salem Open winner Sebastian Baez was the biggest mover in the top 50 of the ATP Rankings.

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