Australian Nick Kyrgios has apologised for throwing a chair onto the court at the Italian Open, admitting that ’emotions got the better’ of him during the match with Casper Ruud. The controversial 24-year-old, who had marked his presence in Rome by criticising Djokovic and Nadal in an interview on Wednesday, starting arguing with the umpire in the third set. World number 36 Kyrgios had levelled the match at one set all but was given a game penalty early on in the third set for swearing. Kyrgios later posted on Instagram, “Emotions got the better of me and I just wanted to say that the atmosphere was crazy out there today, just super unfortunate that it had to end in a default. Nadal was described by the Australian as "super-salty"

Source: dna May 16, 2019 18:33 UTC