"He's brought tennis to the lowest level, he should have been defaulted" - Cash on Kyrgios' behaviour at Wimbledon

| by Evita Mueller

The whole tennis world knows every detail about the third-round match between Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas at the 2022 Wimbledon and former champion, Pat Cash shared his opinion.

Australian fans can be really happy as they have three players in the fourth round of the 2022 Wimbledon but former Australian great and 1987 Wimbledon champion, Pat Cash wasn't afraid to share what he thinks about his compatriot Nick Kyrgios and his third-round performance against Stefanos Tsitsipas when speaking on BBC Radio.

"As it was, the umpire lost control. The ball kids were running across the court as Kyrgios was serving, he didn't slow down for any of that stuff. Tsitsipas got sucked right into it – so it was entertaining and fascinating, but for me it's gone too far now."

Pat Cash
"Entertaining? Yes. Respectful? No. I'm not sure I want to see something like that again" - Mats Wilander on Tsitsipas - Kyrgios clash
"Entertaining? Yes. Respectful? No. I'm not sure I want to see something like that again" - Mats Wilander on Tsitsipas - Kyrgios clash

"Something's got to be done about it – it's just an absolute circus. Is it entertaining? Yeah, possibly. It's gone to the absolute limit now. The gamesmanship. The abuse he was giving. Tsitsipas would make a line call and he'd go up there and start complaining, he'd be in his face – that's part of gamesmanship, that's the sort of stuff he does and I think there's a limit. I have no problems with a bit of gamesmanship but, when it gets to that level, I think it's just out of control."

Pat Cash

"It was absolute mayhem. He's brought tennis to the lowest level I can see as far as gamesmanship, cheating, manipulation, abuse, aggressive behaviour to umpires, to linesmen. He was lucky to even get through the first set, he should have been defaulted in the first set."

Pat Cash
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