{"id":336686,"date":"2023-10-06T00:39:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T00:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336686"},"modified":"2023-10-06T03:02:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T03:02:31","slug":"kyrgios-addresses-royal-wimbledon-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336686","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgios addresses royal Wimbledon controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nick Kyrgios<\/a> says he feels more embraced by mainstream tennis and felt fans wanted him to win during last year's Wimbledon<\/a> final loss to Novak Djokovic<\/a>, in what would have been the "biggest f–k you" to the establishment if he took home the crown.<\/p>\n

Kyrgios touched on several topics during \ufeffan appearance on the 'Hotboxin' with Mike Tyson'<\/em> podcast this week, also reflecting on the moment he was "swearing my nuts off" in front of the royal family at the All England Club.<\/p>\n

However, the Australian believes the tide turned in relation to how he's received by the fans, during his run at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

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\ufeff"I'm definitely more embraced, now I feel like they're actually rooting for me to do well," he said. "Especially last year at Wimbledon. Obviously Djokovic was the favourite, but I could feel everyone wanted me to, you know, especially me winning at Wimbledon, would have been the biggest f–k you to any sort of establishment."<\/p>\n

Asked by the former heavyweight champ if he had met the late Queen, Kyrgios said: "I haven't met the Queen. I played in front of the whole royal box and I was swearing my nuts off.<\/p>\n

"And then I saw the photos of, was it William? The young one [Prince George]? He was making faces and stuff. He was like, 'This guy's wild'."<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

Tyson<\/a>, 57, told the tennis star his family were big fans of the Aussie, including his 14-year-old daughter Milan, who is an aspiring tennis player who has previously been coached by Serena Williams<\/a>' former mentor Patrick Mouratoglou.<\/p>\n

It was an eventful tournament for Kyrgios, 28, \ufeffwho accumulated several fines for spitting in a fan's direction and clashing with a female fan on court, who later took legal action against him. He also revealed he has racked up $500,000 worth of fines throughout his career.<\/p>\n

Kyrgios, who has played just one competitive match this season due to injury, defended his actions and pointed to the archaic rules in place for decades at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

"I walked out at Wimbledon with this red hat and some red Jordans [trainers] to accept the trophy in front of the royal family. You have to wear all white, like you have to, and I got fined \u00a316,000 ($30,621) or something," he told Tyson.<\/p>\n

"Then I went in the interview and it kind of blew up, it went viral, because I said I'm not going to wear white and that was it. It was the first time anyone ever wore colour.<\/p>\n

"I wore a red hat. It's not like I'm doing crazy things. If I won Wimbledon, I would probably do a press conference in all black or something, but nah. Crazy.<\/p>\n

"That's the thing, in tennis I'm not even acting a certain way. I'm not doing anything crazy. I like the basketball culture, I like bringing that type of energy into it. That's it. But it's seen as wrong."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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