Hours later Kyrgios, whose undoubted talent has often been betrayed by his quickfire temper, made a statement on Twitter apologising and saying he was "gutted". Kyrgios did look in discomfort with his shoulder early on in the match against the unseeded Johnson. Kyrgios and Johnson were both comfortable on their serves and they went into the tie break with signs Kyrgios was beginning to lose his cool. Kyrgios appeared to blame the umpire for failing to get the spectators in line and his afternoon spiralled fast when he received a point penalty. Kyrgios asked somebody in the official area of the arena, where spectators and players are in close proximity.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 10, 2017 15:22 UTC