Watch raging Nick Kyrgios’ on-court MELTDOWN as he brands umpire ‘absolute clown’ after crashing out of Miami Open
NICK KYRGIOS lost the plot after he crashed out of the Miami Open in the last 16 to Jannik Sinner.
The Australian tennis ace became involved in a blistering slanging match with Brazilian official Carlos Bernardes, whose walkie-talkie went off mid-point in the first set.
Kyrgios was seething with Bernardes, calling him “an absolute clown.”
He then went on to rage: “This is one of the biggest tournaments and you guys can’t do your job. It’s embarrassing.”
Kyrgios also snapped:”You wonder why no-one watches this sport. It’s a laughing stock.”
The ace refused to let his anger lie.
And having already received a code violation for an audible obscenity, Kyrgios was then hit with a point penalty at 5-3 in the first set tie-break for unsportsmanlike conduct.
That was after appearing to TALK with a friend who was sitting court-side.
A game penalty was then issued at the start of the second set after he destroyed his racket.
The 26 year-old, who said earlier this week that he was at “peace” with himself on and off the court, was also enraged with the Brazilian for trying to calm down the crowd after they had been whipped up into a frenzy by the world no 102.
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It was chaos on the Grandstand court.
And as the Australian continued to fume, a fan then ran onto the court and managed to get a selfie.
Italian Sinner eventually won 7-6, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals.