'Not right' - Nick Kyrgios spitting towards fan in shock Wimbledon incident baffles Barbara Schett

Nick Kyrgios confirmed that he spat towards a fan after he said he was «dealing with hate and negativity» in his opening match at Wimbledon, and Eurosport's Barbara Schett has given her reaction to the incident. Kyrgios explained in his post-match press conference that he was fed up of being disrespected by fans during his five-set first-round win over Britain's world No. 219, Paul Jubb, on Tuesday.

Ad/> The Australian made no apology when asked to confirm if he deliberately spat in the direction of the individual after the match and said it came as a result of «receiving a lot». Wimbledon'I don’t like to see that stuff' — GB's Jubb on Kyrgios' fiery exchanges with fans3 HOURS AGO Kyrgios was clearly seen to turn and spit after he clinched the 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 victory on Court 3 at the All England Club. «Of one of the people disrespecting me, yes,» Kyrgios said when asked about the incident.

«I would not be doing that to someone who was supporting me. »Look, I'm okay with receiving a lot of it. But what I don't understand is as soon as I give it back, for instance in Stuttgart I gave it back, I got a game penalty.

Today, as soon as I won the match, I turned to him… I've been dealing with hate and negativity for a long time, so I don't feel like I owed that person anything. «Like, he literally came to the match to literally just, like, not even support anyone really. It was more just to, like, stir up and disrespect.

That's fine. But if I give it back to you, then that's just how it is.» Schett said: «Well, it seems like whenever Nick Kyrgios is on the court something happens, especially lately when the tension is piling up. It seemed like a fan harassed him, or he was not happy with somebody.