At 2:00 a.m. Beijing time yesterday, at a semi-final at ATP250 Houston, Kyrgios was fined 1 point for speaking ill of the referee in the 11th set of the second set, and finally lost 3-6 5-7 to the US cannon Opelka, and did not qualify for the final.
The score in the second set was a crucial 5-5 set, with Kyrgios taking a 30-15 lead. After his serve, Opelka returned the ball near the bottom line, referee Bresse and the line judge did not call out of bounds, Kyrgios returned the ball and was played by Opelka to score a winning score, Bress called for a score of 30-30.
At this time, Kyrgios questioned that Opelka's serve had just gone out of bounds, and asked Why Bresse did not call out of bounds. Brees said vaguely to Kyrgios, "If that ball had gone out of bounds, I would have missed it." ”
In English grammar, we can think of the tense of the sentence as the general past tense, indicating that the speaker is expounding something that happened in the past. However, the sentence can also be thought of as a subjunctive tone, indicating that the true meaning of the speaker is the exact opposite of the literal meaning.
Although referee Brees's words are understood differently, one thing is certain, that is, Kyrgios's claim is not in line with the rules of tennis competition.
The general rule on clay is that when you think the opponent's return ball has landed out of bounds, you should immediately stop the game and ask the referee to enter the field to check the ball print and make a final penalty. If you don't stop immediately, but continue to hit the ball, you're treated as if you've assumed that the opponent's ball isn't out of bounds.
In the case just given, Kyrgios has clearly missed the opportunity to ask the referee to look at the ball prints, and whatever happens afterwards, he has no right to dispute everything that has happened earlier.
Therefore, Kyrgios's behavior is obviously unreasonable.
At such a critical moment, Kyrgios also paid the price for his unreasonable teasing. If he wins this point, the score is 40-15, and he gets 2 consecutive set points, and the likelihood of holding the serve is greatly increased. Once saved, the set became a 6-5 Kyrgios lead, followed by the second set that Opelka had to save.
But the real score is 30-30. After losing control of his emotions, Kyrgios then conceded a backhand slash to turn the set into 30-40 and face a break point from an opponent.
At this time, Kyrgios's mood was out of control again, and a series of dirty words flew out of his mouth, and referee Brees also decisively gave him a warning according to the rules, because the two warnings added up, and the penalty became a penalty of 1 point. After being sent off 30-40, the set was over and the second set became 5-6, with Kyrgios behind.
Next up was Operka's serve to win the game, and he scored four consecutive points to seal the win.
At 5:00 a.m. Beijing time today, Opelka defeated Isner 6-3 7-6 to win the Championship of Houston.
So far this year, Kyrgios has played four races. He lost 6-7 4-6 6-4 6-4 2-6 to Medvedev in the second round of the Australian Open. Then, Kyrgios traveled to North America to compete in the Sunshine Doubles.
In Indian Wells, Kyrgios faced Nadal in the quarter-finals, where he was awarded a one-point penalty for accumulating two violations in the first set. In the 7th set of the decider, Kyrgios made a double mistake on Nadal's break point. After losing the game, Kyrgios smashed the racket and almost injured the caddy standing near the bottom line. After the game, Kyrgios was fined $25,000 for a series of violations.
After arriving in Miami, Kyrgios repeated the same trick in the fourth round against Sinar, and he was again warned and fined 1 point for foul-mouthing, smashing rackets and other violations. After losing the match, Kyrgios received a $35,000 fine.
In both races, Kyrgios's total prize money was $274,515, and the two fines totaled $60,000 and needed to be deducted from his prize money.
Some people concluded that Every time Kyrgios lost his temper, he was behind, and after being warned and freed, he often lost the game, and after the game, he would not be surprised to receive a ticket.
It is said that After playing the North American hard court, Kyrgios originally planned not to play clay races in Europe. But the latest news is that he seems to be determined to play at the French Open this year or next year, and he has always hated the slow clay courts and has been absent from the French Open for four consecutive years since 2017.
According to Kyrgios, he made this decision only because of his girlfriend, Costin Hatch, "My girlfriend wanted to go to Paris, so I decided to go to the French Open. ”
(Source: Tennis House Author: Yun Cirrus Yunshu)