Nick Kyrgios was fined $47,000 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for his behaviour towards the match umpire during his Men’s Singles loss to Jannik Sinner in Round 4 of the Miami Open earlier this week.
In the match on Tuesday, Kyrgios repeatedly berated match umpire Carlos Bernardes for not controlling the crowd at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
Si.com reported that it all started when Kyrgios complained early in the match that the court was “too fast” for him which set the crowd against him.
The umpire issued Kyrgios with a point penalty after he was heard telling a friend in the crowd that he could do a better job officiating the game.
At the start of the second set he received a game penalty for repeatedly yelling to umpire Bernardes: “what’s unsportsmanlike?”
The penalty gave Kyrgios’ Italian opponent Sinner a break advantage. The Greek-Australian smashed his racquet after he walked to his bench and then handed it to a woman in the crowd.
In a breakdown of his fines, the ATP said Kyrgios was fined $7,000 for audible obscenity, $13,000 for two counts unsportsmanlike conduct and $27,000 for verbal abuse.
The ABC quoted an unrepentant Kyrgios as saying after the match that he lost 7-6, 6-3: “He’s (Bernardes) not even going to get a slap on the wrist for his dreadful umpiring performance today. Like, he was horrendous.”
Last month, Kyrgios was fined $33,000 after his quarter-final loss to Rafael Nadal at Indian Wells in California.
Earlier on Friday, Kyrgios and his “Super K” partner Kokkinakis lost their Men’s Doubles semi-final encounter 4-6, 3-6 to Hubert Hurkacz of Poland and American John Eisner.
