‘Never seen anything like it’ - Mats Wilander, Alex Corretja call for stricter umpiring after Kyrgios-Tsitsipas clash

Stefanos Tsitsipas has hit out at Nick Kyrgios after he lost a fiery third-round tie against the Australian. The world No. 40 came from a set down to beat the fourth seed 6-7 6-4 6-3 7-6(7) in a match that had code violations, arguments with the umpire, and interventions from referees and supervisors.

Ad/> The most contentious moment came at the close of the second set. After losing the set, Tsitsipas hit a ball into the crowd and it missed a spectator by inches. Kyrgios took exception to it, telling umpire Damien Dumusois that the No.

4 seed should have been defaulted. The Greek received a code violation, but for Kyrgios that was not enough. WimbledonKyrgios topples Tsitsipas in Centre Court thriller filled with drama2 HOURS AGO For a few minutes, Kyrgios refused to play on — demanding to speak to supervisors and tournament referees.

He threatened to walk off court before resuming battle at the start of the third. And speaking to Eurosport, seven-time Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander said. “Is it entertaining? Yes.

Is it respectful? No,” began Wilander. “Is the tennis great at times? Unbelievable, because both players are such good players. And Kyrgios is so talented.

“I've never seen anything like it. I'm not sure I want to see something like that, again, to be honest, because I don't think this is what we want to promote in tennis. We want to not promote it as entertainment.