“If they pay me enough…”- Nick Kyrgios calls the line judge a “snitch”, says he is a good fit for commentary

A fiery Nick Kyrgios has narrowly survived a five-set scare as he battled through his first-round match at Wimbledon. The Australian tennis star defeated the British player Paul Jubb with scores of 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6, and 7-5 in a match that was more notable for Kyrgios’ shocking expletives directed at the umpire and a line judge than for the tennis itself.

In the first few minutes of the intensely heated match at the Wimbledon Championships, Kyrgios called the line judge a “snitch” who “has no fans,” and as the play went on, he proceeded to make comments against the chair umpire and certain British spectators. He also dedicated the victory to the “rowdy” spectators who criticised him during the contest.

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“Off the court I’m not too bad, on-court I’m different”- Nick Kyrgios

“I thought I was going to go down there for a bit and it would have been tough to take,” Nick Kyrgios said in his post-match press conference. When asked about his demeanour during the game and whether he would think about going into commentary after his retirement, he replied, “I just talk a lot. Off the court I’m not too bad, on-court I’m different. But if they pay me enough I’ll probably do it.”

The Australian’s verbal battle with the officials started in the middle of the third game of the opening set. After growing tired of people chatting in between points, Kyrgios lost his cool when a line judge approached the chair umpire. Courtside microphones picked up Kyrgios calling the line judge a “snitch” who “has no fans” as the transition continued.

However, after his serve was broken and he clobbered a ball out of the Court 3 stadium where his opening round match was being played, the occasionally volatile Australian fully lost it. For the behaviour, he received a warning for ball abuse. As Jubb calmly won the first set 6-3 with spectators on the edge of their seats, Kyrgios’ impatience finally got the better of him.

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