swung his racket at the chair umpire’s stand four times.
Kyrgios showed little remorse for his actions in his post-match press conference, saying “what would you like me to say about it? Obviously, was that my intention? No. Because I threw a racquet. Did I throw the racquet anywhere near him originally?
“It landed a metre from my foot and skidded and nearly hit him. I’m human. Things happen like that. Obviously it was a very misfortunate bounce.
“I think if I did that a million times over it wouldn’t have gone that way. And what do you want me to say? It was three metres away from the kid.
“That’s a question you’re going to say after a three-hour battle against Nadal. That’s what you come here with?
“He ducked. Jesus. All right. It was an accident. It was most definitely not like Zverev.
“I didn’t hit him, thankfully. It wasn’t my intention. So thankfully the ball kid’s okay. Great question, though. Unbelievable stuff.”
However, after calming down and reflecting on the danger of the situation, Krygios issued an apology via Instagram which read “Hey guys, I just wanna apologise to that ball kid at the end of the match!
“It was a complete accident and [I] was frustrated at the end of the match. My racket took a crazy bounce and was never my intention.
“If anyone knows who that ball kid is, send me a message and I will send a racket to him, I’m glad he’s OK.”
The two did manage to get in contact and Kyrgios will make amends for his actions by gifting the ball boy one of his rackets.
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