Volcanic on the pitch, Nick Kyrgios almost hit a ball boy by breaking his racket on the ground in a rage after being eliminated in the Indian Wells quarterfinals by Rafael Nadal, and he did not like to be asked about it at a press conference. .

“What do you mean? That was my intention? No. I threw the racket at him? He landed one meter from my leg, bounced and almost hit him. I am human. These things happen,” the Australian replied.

“It was a very unfortunate rebound. I think if I did it a million times, it would not be so. It was three meters from the child. Is this a question you will ask me after a three-hour battle against Nadal? Is that why you come here? “, He found in the position of the journalist, who insisted reminding him that the teenager had to bend down to avoid the racket.

“Dove, he made the duck, he made the duck, he made the duck. He lowered himself. Jesus. Very well. If this is what you are asking me … It was not hit. It was an accident. He certainly was not like Zverev. I did not hit him, fortunately, and that was not my intention. The child is fine. Big question, congratulations “, Kyrgios answered, applauding, extremely annoyed.

In his defense, the Australian referred to the bloodshed of the German Alexander Zverev last month in Acapulco, where he was expelled from the tournament after repeatedly hitting the referee’s chair with his racket after a double lost game, taking an AT block.

Kyrgios was punished in this way in 2019 by the men’s circuit, which imposed a 16-week suspension for a verbal attack on a referee and broke two rackets at the Cincinnati Masters.