Kyrgios accuses Mexican Open crowd of disrespect

[pedro94]

Kyrgios accuses fans of 'disrespect'

Nick Kyrgios accuses the Mexican Open crowd of "disrespect" after he is booed off court following his first-round retirement against Ugo Humbert.

www.bbc.co.uk

Kyrgios: regularly disrespects the crowd, breaks rackets, tanks matches and disrespects tennis in general
Crowd: disrespects Kyrgios
Kyrgios:

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Social justice warrior Kyrgios is so cringe
He is being disrespectful all the time himself.

 

[ChaelAZ]

He is like a spoon under water dishing out disrespect, but plays the vicitm like waves blasting him when he gets it back.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

LOL

 

[haqq777]

Rat exterminated?

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Rat exterminated?

lol

 

[NoleFam]

 

[Third Serve]

Pot meets kettle

 

[jm1980]

They booed an injured player... Pretty disrespectful, I'd say

 

[bmd9]

Difficult to choose who are more annoying and childish: Kyrgios or the people that hate him.

 

[Tennis_Hands]

St. Nicky is right in his observations (again), and his haters are wrong in theirs (again), but he is a more generous person than them, so he forgives them.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Video proof or the crowd cheered and threw bouquets of flowers.

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

They booed an injured player... Pretty disrespectful, I'd say

Redirect Notice

Maybe he just tanked? Difficult to know. No sympathy feelings from me.

 

[Bukowski]

Pretty common for a crowd to boo when the marquee match pulls out in the night session. Also look at these trashy posters who can’t handle a rich brat

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

Social justice warrior Kyrgios is so cringe
He is being disrespectful all the time himself.

He should learn something from the person he envies so much, Rafa

 

[DSH]

 

[weakera]

Hate to say it but the crowd was in the wrong if it was a genuine injury. Still funny to see Nick upset and losing all of his points.

 

[FatHead250]

Nick was obviosly injeured. couldnt play backhands

 

[Open Stance]

I watched it live on TV. Nick is obviously injured - it's his left wrist. He called a medical time out and had it taped. He was unable to hit his two-hander. The last full game he played, he could only slice his backhand. He had no chance to win that match and was correct to retire. It was absolutely no surprise that he was going to retire based on the sequence of events prior to that point.

I'm not the biggest Krygios fan, but the crowd treated him very poorly - differently from when other popular players retire where there may be an initial boo or negative reaction but then they realize the guy is hurt and subsequently cheer and give applause. The crowd in Acapulco booed him off the court - very classless.

 

[jm1980]

I watched it live on TV. Nick is obviously injured - it's his left wrist. He called a medical time out and had it taped. He was unable to hit his two-hander. The last full game he played, he could only slice his backhand. He had no chance to win that match and was correct to retire. It was absolutely no surprise that he was going to retire based on the sequence of events prior to that point.

I'm not the biggest Krygios fan, but the crowd treated him very poorly - differently from when other popular players retire where there may be an initial boo or negative reaction but then they realize the guy is hurt and subsequently cheer and give applause. The crowd in Acapulco booed him off the court - very classless.

Mexican crowd still haven't recovered from the beatdown he handed to their precious Rafaelito

 

[Centrius]

Mexican crowd still haven't recovered from the beatdown he handed to their precious Rafael

Why their precious? He is from Spain, not from Mexico.

 

[Gerco]

Why did he played that match in the first place?? Obviously he wasn´t ready to compete.

 

[Djokodal Fan]

look who talks about disrespect..... LOL

 

[zettavaska]

Why their precious? He is from Spain, not from Mexico.

Going to make a sweeping generalization here... I’d assume the tennis supporters of Mexico are of Spanish descent. No offense meant in this comment <3

 

[Tennis_Hands]

Why their precious? He is from Spain, not from Mexico.

You obviously don't understand how the Spanish speaking nations form their preferences.

 

[BeatlesFan]

They booed an injured player... Pretty disrespectful, I'd say

Nick will be back and running like a rabbit in IW. He's faked many of his "injuries" when he just doesn't feel like playing.

 

[Centrius]

Going to make a sweeping generalization here... I’d assume the tennis supporters of Mexico are of Spanish descent. No offense meant in this comment <3

You obviously don't understand how the Spanish speaking nations form their preferences.

So they back Nadal because for example they share the same language and religion?

 

[Jonesy]

I watched it live on TV. Nick is obviously injured - it's his left wrist. He called a medical time out and had it taped. He was unable to hit his two-hander. The last full game he played, he could only slice his backhand. He had no chance to win that match and was correct to retire. It was absolutely no surprise that he was going to retire based on the sequence of events prior to that point.

I'm not the biggest Krygios fan, but the crowd treated him very poorly - differently from when other popular players retire where there may be an initial boo or negative reaction but then they realize the guy is hurt and subsequently cheer and give applause. The crowd in Acapulco booed him off the court - very classless.

Unfortunately Djokovic isn't one of the other popular players.

 

[Tennis_Hands]

So they back Nadal because for example they share the same language and religion?

That is not how it works: they think of the Spanish speaking players as closer to them and the Spanish speaking nations have a penchant for taking the Spanish speaking players as their "homeboys" especially if they play against players from other language provenance. Only deeply rooted conflicts from various origin can cause disruption in that general trend. That doesn't mean that there won't be people that will root for other players or will have other favourites, but on average there will be a lot more supporters for the said "homeboys" than for anyone else, unless his name is, say, Federer, in which case all bets are off.

 

[beard]

He is so desperate to be respected and loved by crowd. Cringe...

 

[Tennis_Hands]

He is so desperate to be respected and loved by crowd. Cringe...

Unlike Djokovic ....

 

[beard]

Unlike Djokovic ....

No, they are cringe brothers, twins actually...

 

[pabletion]

This dude isn't coming back to Mexico next year, that's for sure. Lol

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Slight chance....

Very classless mexican crowd. But Kyrgios was worse, he's a child, and not a very bright one at that either.

 

[PS85]

Nick needs to grow up and focus on delivering some quality tennis, instead of trying too hard to be cool.

 

[The Blond Blur]

 

[DSH]

 

[beast of mallorca]

They booed an injured player... Pretty disrespectful, I'd say

He deserves all the disrespect he is getting. I'd say, it's not enough

 

[stingstang]

Does Nick assume that some Mexican fans are decent people though?

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Going to make a sweeping generalization here... I’d assume the tennis supporters of Mexico are of Spanish descent. No offense meant in this comment <3

So happy to see someone from the family of their previous emperors ancestors playing? That’s rather weird, thought they were treated so badly by the Spanish killing the Mayans and all that.

 

[beast of mallorca]

Does Nick assume that some Mexican fans are decent people though?

Better than the OZ people. I'd say

 

[Deleted member 769694]

Trashy fans down there, booing an injury??

 

[CYGS]

Well deserved

 

[Deleted member 733170]

Moctezuma’s revenge did in Krajinovic and on an esoteric level El Gran Doucho Bago Nico. Lol

 

[zettavaska]

So happy to see someone from the family of their previous emperors ancestors playing? That’s rather weird, thought they were treated so badly by the Spanish killing the Mayans and all that.

Exactly. Look at the crowd of attendees. They don’t look like Mayans. They look like the Spanish.

 

[PeoplesChamp]

Had to shave off points gained from ATP Cup.

Nick can't get his ranking too high or he'll never be able to spoil Djokovic/Nadal party early in tournaments.

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Exactly. Look at the crowd of attendees. They don’t look like Mayans. They look like the Spanish.

I don’t really think Mexicans look that much Spanish. Ever been to Spain?

 

[Fedinkum]

Kyrgios complains about disrespectful behaviour...ahahahahahhahaa

 

[Cashman]

Why their precious? He is from Spain, not from Mexico.

Nadal is pretty popular in Mexico, given that he always plays Acapulco and has opened a branch of his academy in Cancun.

 

[Bartelby]

Oh, look, we have a Trumpette in the house!

Social justice warrior Kyrgios is so cringe
He is being disrespectful all the time himself.

 

[bmd9]

I don’t really think Mexicans look that much Spanish. Ever been to Spain?

So does Guillermo del Toro or Gael Garcia Bernal not “appear” Mexican? There are loads of European descendant Mexicans in more affluent/metropolitan parts of the country like Mexico City and Monterray. As an American, it was a shock to my personal stereotypes when I first ran into a group of middle class kids from Mexico City on spring break in Cozumel; looked like any group of teenagers from Madrid.