'She's a snitch!' - Nick Kyrgios slams line judge with 'no fans' in row with umpire at Wimbledon

Nick Kyrgios was as fiery as ever during his Wimbledon first-round match against Britain's Paul Jubb on Tuesday. The Australian, who proclaimed himself as one of the best grass-court men's players in the world in the lead-up to the tournament at SW19, struggled badly early on as he lost the opening set to Jubb. Ad/> But it was after just 12 minutes when he lost his temper with a line judge following an intervention over a line call.

The score was 3-2 to Jubb at the time with the set going on serve. Wimbledon‘Stupidest thing ever’ – Kyrgios slams Wimbledon doubles formatYESTERDAY AT 06:42 Kyrgios proceeded to rant at the umpire over the line judge being a «snitch» and made the point abundantly clear that the official in question «had no fans». “Has one person today come to see her speak?" Kyrgios asked.

«No. I understand, but why is she doing that? Not one person in the stadium has come here to watch her do anything! Not one person. »Like, you know what I mean? You got fans, but she has got none.

«What did I do? Like, come on. I know, but what? She just selfishly walks to you in the middle of a game because she's a snitch!” /> It was not the only time Kyrgios lost his temper with the umpire early on as he ranted about fans and officials during the match on Court 3. Pre-tournament, Eurosport expert Alex Corretja said he believes the Australian would be a dangerous opponent for any seeded player he faces at Wimbledon this summer.

»If I would be in the Wimbledon draw and I would be seeded, I would pray not to play Kyrgios in the first rounds," the Spaniard told Eurosport. «It's so difficult to play against him, his serve is probably one of the best on tour right now. »He knows that he loves to play on grass, he likes to have