Nick Kyrgios gives Miami Open outburst verdict as Jenson Brooksby spared full fine

Nick Kyrgios has weighed in on Jenson Brooksby's outburst at the Miami Open after it was compared to his own incident in Indian Wells. The Aussie narrowly avoided hitting a ball boy last week when he threw his racket in frustration after losing his quarter-final to Rafael Nadal. He was fined more than Brooksby despite the 21-year-old's racket actually making contact with a ball kid.

Brooksby was a double-break up in the third set of his Miami Open first-round against Federico Coria when the Argentine managed to force a break point. The world No 39 threw his racket in anger and it bounced up, hitting a ball boy standing at the back of the court. He received a point penalty for the incident while Coria argued with chair umpire Carlos Bernardes that his opponent deserved to be defaulted instead.

It was the second time in the match that the American had flung his racket in frustration, doing so when he lost the opening set with the racket landing on the other side of the court. But Bernardes argued that he was following the ATP rulebook, applying the penalty for a second code violation. Coria was backed up by a number of tennis fans and pundits who pointed out that Brooksby should have been defaulted but he went on to win 3-6 6-2 6-3.

Many thought players like Brooksby weren't deterred from throwing rackets near court officials after arguing that Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios had avoided adequate punishment for their own recent outbursts, with the German withdrawn from the Acapulco singles draw when he deliberately smashed the umpire's chair with his racket but ended up avoiding a ban from the tour despite the ATP finding him guilty of a "major offence".

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