Tennis star Kyrgios to fight assault charge on mental health grounds
CANBERRA: Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios will apply to have an assault charge dismissed on mental health grounds, his lawyer told an Australian court on Tuesday.
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CANBERRA: Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios will apply to have an assault charge dismissed on mental health grounds, his lawyer told an Australian court on Tuesday.
Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios will apply to have an assault charge dismissed on mental health grounds, his lawyer told an Australian court on Tuesday.
MELBOURNE : Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios is seeking to have his assault charge dismissed on mental health grounds, media reported on Tuesday.
Iga Świątek has pulled out of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals next month after expressing her concern over the scheduling of upcoming tennis events.
Novak Djokovic played wheelchair tennis in Tel Aviv on Monday. The world number 7 played against Israeli tennis player Elay Chayot, the video of which was shared from the tournament's official Twitter handle on Sunday. Djokovic sat on the wheelchair, had some chat with Chayot before giving him a fight on court. After the match was over, the two players posed for pictures and patted each other's back. Notably, the action took place before Djokovic's final match in the men's singles event of the tournament.
World number one Iga Świątek is preparing for her first tournament since winning the US Open last month, but she will be doing it without coach Tomasz Wiktorowski on the sidelines.
Iga Swiatek will not play for Poland in next month's Billie Jean King Cup finals in Glasgow, the world number one said on Monday as she took issue with the sport's governing bodies and their handling of the tournament calendar.
For the women's team, after a heartbreaking close defeat against Germany, Sreeja Akula and company prevailed over Egypt 3-1 to qualify for the pre-quarterfinals. The men's team now needs to beat France in the final group league match to finish on top of group 2 table. In case the Indian team loses to France and Germany happens to beat Kazakhstan, then there will be a three-way tie between India, Germany and France.