Nick Kyrgios didn't need long to lose his temper atWimbledon .- The Australian launched an expletive laden rant at the umpire just minutes into his first-round match.
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Trailing Great Britain's Paul Jubb 1-2 in the opening set, the Australian was unhappy with a spectator in the crowd and let his feelings known to chair umpire Marija Cicak in an expletive-laden rant.
"You can't fucking decide to talk to me in the middle of the point, when I'm about to do a backhand," he said. "They can watch the tennis, but speaking and shouting out in the middle of the point."
Later in the set, Kyrgios then smashed a ball out of arena after he was broken to go down 5-3 to Jubb.
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The 27-year-old's antics continued in the second, when he called a line judge a "snitch" for reporting something he said to the umpire.
"Was that necessary?" Kyrgios said to Cicak. "Has one person today come here to see her speak? No. Why is she doing that? No one person in the stadium has watched her come to do anything. Not one person.
"Know what I mean? I know you've got fans, but she's got none. What did I do? Come on."
Fans then began to boo Kyrgios and sarcastically clap when he made mistakes, to which he did not take kindly, complaining to Cicak that those responsible should be "removed."
"They don't have any right to do that," he said. "They're spectators who spend money to come watch us play. They should be removed.
"I don't go up to their face in their 9-to-5 and start clapping when they're scanning shit at a supermarket. They have no right to do that so why does it keep happening?"
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Despite his frustrations throughout the match, Kyrgios went on to beat Jubb 3-6, 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 and book his place in the second round.
Speaking in his on-court interview after the match, Kyrgios called the the crowd "pretty rowdy."
"Couple of people in the crowd [were] not shy of criticizing me," he said. "So that one was for you, you know who you are."