French Open champion Stan Wawrinka has claimed that Nick Kyrgios still had not apologized for his on-court comment toward him in Rogers Cup match.
Wawrinka has revealed that he had not yet received a personal apology from Kyrgios, who did write an apology post on Facebook.
Kyrgios was caught up in TV telling Wawrinka during the Aug. 12 match that fellow Australian player Thanasi Kokkinakis had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic.
“He didn’t apologize, no,” Wawrinka said.
“He didn’t apologize, no,” Wawrinka said.
“But I prefer not to talk about him. Thank you.”
When he was asked if he's ready to move past the incident and “draw a line under it,” Wawrinka said,
”I’m trying to put it away. But what’s happened, people don’t see the consequence for everybody. So I’m trying to put it away.”
The ATP fined Kyrgios $12,500 for the comment and a related offense, meanwhile World No. 2 Roger Federer criticized Kyrgios for the barb in his first press conference since the incident.
“I think we all agree that he definitely crossed the line by a long shot,” Federer said.
The ATP fined Kyrgios $12,500 for the comment and a related offense, meanwhile World No. 2 Roger Federer criticized Kyrgios for the barb in his first press conference since the incident.
“I think we all agree that he definitely crossed the line by a long shot,” Federer said.
“We’re not used to that kind of talk in tennis. I know in other sports it’s quite common, maybe normal. Not in our sport, really. I think it’s normal that the tour comes down hard on him and explains to him that it's not the way forward.”
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