Nick Kyrgios Apologizes For Remarks Made Against Stan Wawrinka And His Girlfriend Donna Vekic

Hard to say how sincere this apology really is. He had already been fined by the ATP (who may have told him to issue the apology). At the end of the day, I do think this kid lets a lot of inside voice things escape to his outside voice, not sure of how malicious his intent was. Having said that, when interviewed by the CBC after the match, he justified the comment as okay because he was angry with Stan. Maybe this kid will learn from this, but I’m not so sure.

August 13th, 2015 at 1:26 pm

What did Stan do/say? Anyone know?
I saw Nick play Rafa at Wimbledon and he was rather too cocky for my taste.
But then I say “arrogance”
You say “confidence”
And on it goes.

August 13th, 2015 at 1:42 pm

yeah, i missed the match. i wonder why kyrgios was compelled to make the comment in the first place; were the 2 exchanging words?

August 13th, 2015 at 1:46 pm

If he doesn’t receive a severe punishment for his words then I’m afraid , very afraid for the tennis world. The mere fact that he has been fined by the ATP proves that what he said in public is a punishable offence and am hoping the ATP will come up with something that will really hurt this dude!

August 13th, 2015 at 1:57 pm

Sledging is so part of Aussies sports culture. Take a look at the aussies cricket team. They just cross all boundaries of sledging when playing with other teams.

August 13th, 2015 at 2:24 pm

[…] Kyrgios issued an apology later on Facebook.The 20-year-old is scheduled to play later this afternoon against American No. 1 John Isner. By reaching the round of 16 this week, Kyrgios has earned $44.650. […]

August 13th, 2015 at 3:52 pm

Margot,

Stan sometimes likes to scream at opponent face andover celebrate, kind of bringing some heat to the match. He does this almost in all tense matches. He was doing this and Kyrgios probably got a but pissed and decided to enter the fight, in the wrong manner may I add.

August 13th, 2015 at 4:14 pm

Cheers Daniel. I agree Nick was in the wrong, especially bringing in the others, but if Stan insists on poking a bear with a stick must take some responsibility.

August 13th, 2015 at 4:17 pm

Agree, don’t do it if you can’t handle it. But the god thing is that he didn’t hear it on court otherwise things could get really tense, like that Ancic and another guy who almost got into a physical fight on court once.

August 13th, 2015 at 4:22 pm

@Daniel, I would say that Stan was intense in the 1st set and perhaps lucky to get that tiebreak, but Nick made the comment in response to Stan telling him he needs to wait for the lines people to move before serving. He was repeating what the umpire said to Nick after the tiebreak and it did not merit the retaliation to the level Nick took it. Not even mentioning that what he said was actually about two people who weren’t even there.

He also made sure to say the comment w/ his back to Stan so he couldn’t even hear, can’t really be trash talking as it was just passive aggressive and cowardly.

August 13th, 2015 at 6:39 pm

Will a mere apology eradicate his sins on court ?

I totally agree with Giles that if this guy after such a faux pas is made to breathe easy then that will set a wrong precedent and will not be good for the future of Tennis in restoring sanity on Court !!

August 14th, 2015 at 12:37 am

The cheer idiocy of trying to defend this behavior is hilarious.

August 14th, 2015 at 1:09 pm