“[He] should be setting an example for the younger generation of this great country of ours”. If a swimming legend can play the race card to criticise the young Kyrgios for his “arrogance”, his “sense of entitlement” (or was that German-born Bernard Tomic?) or “petulance”, anyone can: Kyrgios is like he is because he’s not one of us and if he doesn’t want to be like us, he should go back to where his parents came from.
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Kyrgios was born in the Australian capital, Canberra, to a Greek father and a Malaysian mother.
“Nick’s representing Australia and I want to see him representing Australian tennis in the best possible light”.
FILE – In this October 9, 2014, FILE photo, Australian Olympic swimming great Dawn Fraser smiles during …
Federer said there are strong similarities between Kyrgios’ lapse in concentration and a boxer dropping his gloves in the middle of a round to take a step back and regain his concentration. She agreed, saying “we don’t need them here in this country if they act like that”.
“One game to me is part of tactics, as well, sometimes to throw the other guy off”, he said. Debating the rules, disrespectful. A singles player competing on his own in front of a large audience and making an unforced error which, but for a slight variance in how the ball was struck, might have been a winning shot can easily give rise to frustration and anger.
“Not at all. Just because I show emotion out on the court, I’m “bad””.
Kyrgios responded by labeling Fraser a “blatant racist”, and his mother denounced Fraser’s words as a “nasty racist attack”. Even though it’s a partially manufactured fear, terrorism has given the Australian Government the rationale for citizenship laws that tell a few Australian citizens to “go back to where they came from”.
That could leave Kyrgios, who found himself in hot water during the first round for muttering “dirty scum”, facing a hefty fine. That’s not being racist.
Nick Kyrgios of Australia reacts during his match against Richard Gasquet of France at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 6, 2015.
His contest with Gasquet was particularly colourful, the Frenchman prevailing in four sets, the second of which Kyrgios lost 6-1 and at times appeared uninterested. Thinks didn’t go Kyrgios’ way, as the Australian was stopped by Richard Gasquet in the fourth round. “I’m through into the quarter-finals against Pospisil, which is a good opportunity for me”, said Murray, who is yet to lose to Pospisil in three previous meetings.
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In my view, I think anyone who accuses anyone of tanking has probably tanked themselves at something in their lives, or in their sport if they played a sport at any sort of level. Her misdemeanors: parading at the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo against orders; stealing a flag in a midnight raid at the entrance of the Emperor’s Palace.
