Nick Kyrgios Says He Did Apologize Directly To Stan Wawrinka

Who in their right mind really believes he sincerely apologized? With his demeanor and they way he’s been playing the victim on social media and the way his brother responded to the discussion between Stan and Nick, I’m inclined to believe it was a weak and blase apology with hollow meaning that Stan sniffed out.

August 21st, 2015 at 1:53 am

Come on tennis-x its getting old now….

August 21st, 2015 at 4:34 am

Is there any instrument that measures how sincere is an apology on the scale from 1-10? It looks like we have a poster who knows for sure how sincere was Nick the Kid’s apology.
What is he supposed to do, to film himself crawling and begging Stan the “Cry Baby” to accept his apology so certain poster(s) is (are) satisfied?
Get over it people, nobody died, it was only “banging”, nothing more.

August 21st, 2015 at 9:15 am

Yes no one DIED..!!

Even if they DID,

Its only the BOAT PEOPLE (AUS or EU) !!

August 21st, 2015 at 9:22 am

He apologized but as Stan points out, he didn’t say who he was apologizing to. That’s a big omission.

August 21st, 2015 at 9:48 am

Stan’s a crybaby.

August 21st, 2015 at 10:19 am

All the folks saying get over it just don’t get it. The man already had to deal with public disclosure of the split up with his wife and it’s safe to say, he would rather have kept his “friendship” with Vedic under the radar for obvious reasons. Not excusing Stan if he brought about his own marriage’s failure, but it’s not my business to judge a 30yr old’s choices.

Then a punk kid with no matters and apparently very little between the ears in one shot rips about 2 other people as well as basically what was left of Stan’s privacy. When stan says people don’t understand how it affects, he’s not just speaking of tennis. He’s speaking of lives, including his daughter’s, sponsor relationships etc etc. so yeah, if said punk kid didn’t grow the balls to give a proper apology, as well as one to Vekic directly, and instead did it via a silly social media post, yeah, you bet he deserves to still be pissed. Moving on would be lazy treatment of a foul issue that can be properly punished.

August 21st, 2015 at 12:49 pm

Ulysses nailed it.

Those that think tennis is elite and this is condoned in all professional team sport have it wrong.

In comparison to ATP’s stalling: when NHL’s Sean Avery made similar crude comments to Kyrgios’, NHL suspended him within hours.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3740267

It’s the ATP that’s not doing enough, not other sports.

August 21st, 2015 at 1:32 pm

all this going on and on about though is only perpetuating stan’s lack of privacy. “i apologized.” “no he didnt” “yes i did” – it’s ridiculous. enough already!

August 21st, 2015 at 2:55 pm

Kyrigos is not getting good advice by carrying on about it as he apparently has – he should just quit while he’s behind and let this blow over, because this really is much ado about a stupid locker room jibe that is hardly the worst thing said on a tennis court.

August 21st, 2015 at 3:29 pm

I would have thought that Stan wanted this to go away.

Apparently not.

Move on, Stan. Nick has been fined, booed, has apolgised. Let it go.

August 21st, 2015 at 7:08 pm

“Directly” is the key word here. Only a punk kid like Kyrgios would think that an apology (most likely written by his manager) put up on Facebook and Twitter is sufficient. The only acceptable apology would have been either face to face, a phone call, or best of all, a press conference. He could have made an attempt to look sincerely contrite. He’s a coward as well as a thug. And also interesting that this clarification arrives when his response to the ATP notice of investigation is due. Hope he goes down.

August 21st, 2015 at 7:29 pm

Good article, MMT. Scoop Malinowski has written something alike.

Much ado about nothing, to quote a famous French writer, probably Rabelais or Françoise Sagan.

August 21st, 2015 at 7:59 pm

rabelais! all this is very carnivalesque mat4, hee hee. ;)

August 21st, 2015 at 8:02 pm

@jane:

I mentioned Françoise Sagan too, so no feminist can accuse me of male chauvinism. Perhaps I should have mention Enid Blyton, but it pained me to mention a Belgian.

August 21st, 2015 at 8:20 pm

… mentioned…

August 21st, 2015 at 8:20 pm

@ MAt4
It pained you to menton a Belgian? Hope you’re joking here.
Read you reply on the other thread. Didn’t know you read amortie et lob. I’m reading it a long time, but only started commenting on this blog last year.
There ‘s still something I’d like to knwo your opinion on, namely the coaching issue. Should David start looking for another coach ? And who ? I think his current coach, Thiery van Cleemput, is not that bad.

August 22nd, 2015 at 3:55 am

…mention…

August 22nd, 2015 at 3:59 am

this is about values, conduct behaviour respect.
Wawa has all rights to decline his half hearthed apology. I see wogboy and gupsy chick feel it is ok.
Well it is not and aan stand must be made.
like the behaviour of the mentioned posters things will only get worse if you dont make stand against foul behaviour and in those posters case racism.

August 22nd, 2015 at 7:23 am

Sienna i dont condone or feel its OK far from it,but im sick of hearing/talking about it now,weve been talking about it for a week now,enough already….

August 22nd, 2015 at 11:44 am

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/22/andy-murray-trash-talk-nick-kyrgios

Andy’s “take.”

August 22nd, 2015 at 12:40 pm

@Jane 2:55…..No he didn’t, yes I did…This sounds like Elina and Skeezer’s argument a day or so ago regarding the stats she posted concerning Roger….funny!!

August 22nd, 2015 at 1:07 pm

Joker fans, settle in, it’s about to start. I don’t see Novak losing this one. I realize Pony Tail Boy can be tricky, but will it work on the #1 player in the world?? I rather doubt it…..

August 22nd, 2015 at 1:09 pm

@Wog…
“Is there any instrument that measures how sincere is an apology on the scale from 1-10? It looks like we have a poster who knows for sure how sincere was Nick the Kid’s apology.”

Yes and some people are equipped with that instrument, it’s a brain + perception. If it looks like a low life pos and acts like a pos maybe it’s a pos.

August 23rd, 2015 at 12:04 am

@Jack Dick

I am glad you believe you have a brain.

August 23rd, 2015 at 1:41 am

Question to all people with a “brain and perception”, how sincere was Roger’s apology to 20,000 people in O2 and millions of viewers around the world?
No double standards, please.

August 23rd, 2015 at 1:52 am