'Absolute clown': Nick Kyrgios doubles down on criticism of umpire in Jannik Sinner loss, Andy Roddick, Tim Henman react

Nick Kyrgios has doubled down on his fierce criticism of umpire Carlos Bernardes that earned him a game penalty in a bad-tempered defeat to Jannik Sinner at the Miami Open. Kyrgios lost his cool towards the end of the first set and was given a first code violation for an audible obscenity. Ad/> He was hit with another penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct for something he said in the tie-breaker and docked a point.

/> ATP MiamiHighlights: Sinner beats Kyrgios in feisty contest to reach Miami quarter-finals7 HOURS AGO After double faulting to lose the set, Kyrgios exploded at umpire Bernardes and then smashed his racquet on the court — a third code violation which led to a game penalty. Kyrgios was unrepentant at the end of the match, calling Bernardes an «absolute clown» and refusing to shake his hand, and he continued to vent on social media after getting off court. “‘You could do the job of the umpire’ — what was said to my best friend that got me ‘unsportsmanlike code violation’ at 5-3 in the first set tie break,” he wrote on Twitter.

Kyrgios suffers meltdown in loss to Sinner Alcaraz beats Tsitsipas to make quarter-finals “With 100 of thousands of dollars on the line that was the decision he made because the umpires ‘feelings got hurt. GET NEW PEOPLE. “Don’t get it twisted.

I got mad respect for Jannik Sinner, he is one of my favourite players and he was TOO GOOD. I am aiming all of this at an umpire who clearly ISNT GOOD ENOUGH to be doing these matches. “Nothing but a slap on the wrist for him right? What a joke.” Kyrgios’ actions are likely to see him hit with a hefty fine by the ATP.