Tennis video - Nick Kyrgios loses it with umpire in Montreal defeat... over 'incorrect' towel
ByLe Buzz
Updated 07/08/2019 at 08:18 GMT
Nick Kyrgios lost his temper in customary fashion during his straight sets defeat to Britain's Kyle Edmund at the Montreal Masters... over a towel.
Nick Kyrgios of Australia holds his towel in his mouth against Kyle Edmund of Great Britain during day 5 of the Rogers Cup at IGA Stadium
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Edmund secured a comfortable victory over the Australian in just 67 minutes in their first-round encounter, and he did not even have to face a break point.
Kyrgios was totally out of sort after his title triumph in Washington just days before, and was "ranting and seething" at the towels.
The 24-year-old argued with the umpire for most of the opening set, insisting that he be provided with a white towel in place of the tournament's branded ones.
Eventually, he was hit with a code violation for an obscenity before he finally received a plain white towel from a ball boy.
"I’m not allowed to leave the chair," the umpire said.
"But you have a radio. I asked you at the start of the match," an angry Kyrgios replied.
You’re telling me you can’t radio in for one white towel?
Another classic day in the career of Nick Kyrgios.
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