STEFANOS TSITSIPAS and Nick Kyrgios have both been fined following their bad-tempered clash at Wimbledon.
Controversial Aussie star Kyrgios won Saturday’s third-round clash but it was the duo’s conduct which stole the show on Court One.
Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas still shook-hands after their third-round clash at Wimbledon
Habitually outspoken Kyrgios must pay £3,300 for an audible obscenity.
The 27-year-old’s swearing came as he complained to umpire Damien Dumusois and other tournament officials.
It is his second fine of the tournament after he was hit with an £8,250 penalty in his first-round victory over Britain’s Paul Jubb.
He admitted spitting in the direction of a spectator who had been heckling him.
Greek star Tsitsipas was hit with a £8,250 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct.
He received two warnings for hitting the ball recklessly.
On one occasion it was into the crowd and on another into the backboard.
The 23-year-old appeared to be growing irritated by Kyrgios’ use of the underarm serve.
Afterwards, Tsitsipas called Kyrgios a bully, and added: “I have to say it was really bad from my side – I have never done that before, throwing the ball outside the court in that way.”
Kyrgios said: “I’m not sure how I bullied him. He was the one hitting balls at me, he was the one that hit a spectator, he was the one that smacked it out of the stadium.”
Kyrgios opens play on Wimbledon’s Centre Court today against American Brandon Nakashima for a place in the quarter-finals.
