Tsitsipas controversy continues: surreal ball after Kyrgios near fall

Stefanos Tsitsipas did not have a good day this Wednesday in Montreal. The Greek was eliminated from his debut at the Canadian Masters 1000 after a shocking fall against young British Jack Draper 7-5 and 7-6 (4) in a duel in which he once again showed his most controversial version.

Down 3-1 and 30-30 in the first set, the world number 5 lost an incredible point which he took full control of after a good first serve.

Draper’s forced return was about a meter from the net and bouncing high. A silent auction whose entire empty track is impossible to fail… or not.

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Such was the level of tension of the Greek that he chose to finish against his rival, who was still standing in one of the corners of the track, with the bad luck (or lack of success) that he sent the ball and lost. The point.

A controversial action that came in his first match after Wimbledon, a tournament he bowed out of after his incident with Nick Kyrgios in their third-round match.

That day, the Australian managed to drive the Greek, who was about to have a panic attack after hurling the ball too fast against the stands.

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“The Kyrgios thing is bullying. That’s what he does. Intimidate rivals. He is probably a bully at school. And I don’t like bullies, people who put other people down. He also has some good qualities. But when his bad side comes out, he can do a lot of harm and damage to the people around him,” Tsitsipas said at a news conference where he admitted he had deliberately hit his rival on several occasions.

“I aimed for his body but missed a lot, too much. I did it to stop it. Not good. There is frustration of course. I’m not used to doing this, but I can’t be like a robot, be cold and ignore what’s going on,” he explained.

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For his part, Kyrgios defended himself and charged Tsitsipas. “I don’t know what to say. I don’t really know how I bullied him, how I harassed him. He was the one who wanted to hit me with the ball, the one who hit the audience, who threw the ball out of the stadium.‘ he reminded.

He made sure that”I have referee stuff, but Stefanos doesn’t have any disrespect. I don’t drill him by throwing the ball.”

And he insisted his request on the Greek disqualification track. “I saw it on video, it hit the audience,” after angrily throwing the ball into the stands. “He deserves to be kicked out. Djokovic? (He recalled his disqualification at the US Open for hitting a line judge). You hit a spectator and you don’t deserve disqualification? I do not understand”.