Facing a home player is never easy at a Grand Slam tournament and Nick Kyrgios experienced that in his first round match at the 2022 Wimbledon.
The Aussie took one home wild-card Paul Jubb and needed to fight for more than 3 hours to finally get the victory. After losing the first set and then winning the next two, it seemed that it will be an easy win for Nick Kyrgios, but also thanks to the help from the crowd, Jubb forced a decider.
In the fifth set, Kyrgios led already 5-3 and served for the match, but needed 4 more games to finish it off. During the match, he got into a debate about the crowd a few times with the umpire and also launched a ball off the court.
It appeared that during the whole match he had a problem with a few specific spectators and he also addressed them after the match. Moreover, when he won the final point, he turned to the audience and spit in their direction, sending a clear message to them.
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