Kyrgios puts a finger to his ear after being booed by the crowd in Acapulco for hitting an underarm serve against Nadal. The serve was out by about a foot Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesThe behaviour of Nick Kyrgios has yet again caused controversy, this time uncharacteristically riling Rafael Nadal. The 17-times grand-slam champion from Spain accused his Australian opponent of showing a lack of respect during an extraordinary Mexican Open second-round encounter on Wednesday nightAmid a cacophony of boos from the Acapulco crowd, Kyrgios claimed a 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6) victory that will not be remembered for his high level of tennis but for a whole host of incidents, including outbursts towards the paying spectators, complaints to the umpire about the slow play of Nadal and the use of an underarm serve. The post-match handshake offered by Nadal was lukewarm and he did not hold back in delivering a blunt press-conference assessment of Kyrgios, the volatile…

Source: The Times February 28, 2019 09:07 UTC