Nick Kyrgios was furious with one fan in the crowd in a chaotic match against Andy Murray at the Stuttgart.
Kyrgios was looking to reach his first final (singles) of the season at the grass-court tournament. He had beaten Jiri Lehecka, Nikoloz Basilashvili, and Marton Fucsovics to reach the semifinal, where he confronted Murray.
This was Kyrgios' first tournament since Houston in early April. He had pulled out of competing on European clay, including Roland Garros, and returned to Australia to rest.
Kyrgios set his sights on doing well on grass, and he's had a productive week in Stuttgart. However, he has now ended the tournament in the semi-final stage after losing to the former World No. 1 in straight sets.
However, the result was not the only talking point from the match as Kyrgios lost his cool during the match, during which he received three separate code violations and was given a game penalty.
The Aussie destroyed his racket and was handed a point penalty. As a result, he started the second set on his serve with a 0-15 deficit. Then, He hit a double fault and had his serve broken in the first game of the second set, which was a bad start.
Kyrgios received another code violation for unsportsmanlike behavior for arguing with a fan, which resulted in a game penalty and the supervisor's summoning to court.
The 27-year-old admitted after the match he was racially abused by a member of the crowd, saying, "When is this going to stop? Dealing with racial slurs from the crowd? I understand that my behaviour isn't the best all the time - but 'you little black sheep', 'shut up and play', little comments like this are not acceptable. When I retaliate to the crowd, I get penalised. This is messed up."
Now, new footage was released directly from the crowd, when it is not really audible what the fan said, but Kyrgios is heard saying "You little bi**h" to one of the fans.
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