Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, billed as the new enfant terrible of men’s tennis, says he has learned his lessons after the unsavoury on-court incident that has led to him being fined and handed a suspended ban from the ATP Tour. On the eve of the US Open, in his first interview since the extended punishment was announced last week, the 20-year-old told the Observer that he deserved the ban, that he has apologised to the players concerned and that it is not something he would do again. But almost in the next breath, Kyrgios said he was “not embarrassed at all”.
Kyrgios fell foul of ATP rules when he told Stan Wawrinka during their match in the Rogers Cup in Montreal this month: “[Thanasi] Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry to tell you that mate.” It was an ugly incident, caught clearly on television microphones, which caused ripples within the sport
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