Wimbledon: Furious Nick Kyrgios calls 'selfish' line judge 'a snitch'

Nick Kyrgios has landed himself at the centre of Tuesday’s Wimbledon talking points, but not for the standard of his tennis playing.

It took just 12 minutes for the Australian — who is known to be rather hot-headed — to lose his temper during his first match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

The haphazard encounter featured a flurry of outbursts from Kyrgios, who smashed a ball out of the court and exploded at a line judge.

The 27-year-old’s frustrations started in the first set when he complained about a member of the crowd speaking during points, and he became more irate as the match went on.

“You can’t f***ing decide to talk to me in the middle of the point when I’m about to do a backhand, it can’t be happening bro,” he said to umpire Marija Cicak about the spectator in question.

Later in the match, Kyrgios readdressed the umpire and claimed he had heard “racial slurs” coming from the crowd.

“So pure disrespect from a spectator to an athlete is acceptable at Wimbledon? But you don’t accept a hat with two logos? When’s the line? That’s acceptable, racism is acceptable so when does it stop? So where’s the line?”

The Aussie then complained about people in the crowd booing him, and suggested Cicak remove them from the stands.

Nick Kyrgios called a line judge a "snitch" that "has no fans"