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Nick Kyrgios complains about marijuana fumes during his US Open second round match against Benjamin Bonzi

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Nick Kyrgios complained to the chair umpire that he could smell marijuana smoke during his US Open second round match against Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi.

The 23rd seed was leading 7-6 4-3 in his match on Louis Armstrong stadium when he made the complaint to the chair umpire. Ad «You dont want to remind anyone not to do it or anything.

No?» A visibly irritated Kyrgios said. US OpenUS Open order of play, Day 4 – When are Nadal, Swiatek and Williams sisters playing?2 HOURS AGO «It was f***** marijuana.

Marijuana. It was smoke. Obviously I'm not going to complain about food smells, obviously not. »Obviously when athletes are moving side-to-side and when they have asthma already it's probably not ideal." The chair umpire then requested that the crowd refrained from smoking.

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