Nick Kyrgios didn't handle the pressure really well in his second round match at the 2022 US Open when he received yet another fine for a conduct in his match.
The 27-years-old Australian seemed to be in control of the match against Benjamin Bonzi, but at one point, he didn't like the lack of support from his box and after losing one of the games, he spit in their direction. Shouting to his box, Nick Kyrgios was heard saying: "Go home if you don't wanna fuck*ng support me bro."
Immediately after his action, Kyrgios received a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct and after the match, he also received the fine for his conduct which amounts to $7,500. After the match, the 2022 Wimbledon finalist spoke about the pressure he's facing, when he stated:
“I feel like in this part of my career, I just don't want to let people down. I feel like I'm representing so many people. I know how much work goes into it with my team, there's a lot of people supporting me,” Kyrgios said after the match. “I just remember doing a press conference here like maybe three or four years ago, I lost in the third round, I just felt horrible because I kept not exceeding expectations, winning.”
“I feel like this is probably the most pressure I've had on myself. I know that I'm capable of going to a Slam final now and I really want to achieve. I want to bring my team with me. I want to do it together,” Kyrgios said. “I'm definitely a perfectionist on the court. I feel like I can play like four or five great points, then I play one point and I'm going nuts. It's okay, I don't know. It's hard.”
“This year's been amazing in so many different ways. For my tennis, I kind of wanted to almost reinvent myself, get back to the top of the game where I know I belong,” Kyrgios said. “The Wimbledon final was a turning point I think for me mentally. If I won that match, I don't know where my motivation would have been at. Losing it and being so close, it was really tough for me to kind of swallow that.”
“I didn't think I'd be putting this amount of pressure on myself. Every day I come in, I watch what I eat, I try and get sleep. Like every practice session I try and have good intent,” Kyrgios said. “I almost don't know who I am anymore, to be honest, because that's not me. Trying to balance so many different things out. It's hard as well. The media, the fans are crazy everywhere I go. I'm trying to balance my personal life as well as my tennis. It's just a lot."
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