Nick Kyrgios called out after defending Emma Raducanu against 'old retired players'

Daniela Hantuchova has called out Nick Kyrgios for failing to listen to all of her comments about Emma Raducanu after he lept to her defence. The retired former world No 5 claimed that players in the locker room were "losing respect" for the teenager after she suffered another early loss at the Miami Open.

Raducanu suffered defeat in her Miami Open debut last week, facing doubles world No 1 Katerina Siniakova in her opening match after receiving a bye to the second round and losing from a set and a break up. It was yet another early loss for the world No 13, who has failed to make it beyond the third round in her five tournaments so far this year.

The 19-year-old received criticism after going down to the world No 53, as former pro-turned-pundit Daniela Hantuchova claimed the US Open champion was "losing the respect" of her fellow players on the tour. "All the locker-room respect she had after the US Open is now kind of going away which is a shame," the six-time title winner said.

After hearing the 38-year-old's comments, Kyrgios defended the surprise US Open champion while also touching on other comments younger players including Jenson Brooksby had received during the tournament, after the American was blasted for accidentally hitting a ball boy when he threw his racket in frustration. "What's with old retired players giving their opinion on our stars now?" the 26-year-old tweeted on Sunday.

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"I love A-rod (Andy Roddick) and I agree we all need to chill with the rackets and all that, but geezus, I read an article about a past female player talking about Radacanu, no offence but she is a far far bigger name already." Many assumed the comments