To illustrate, Nick shouted, “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sledging outburst: Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios (left) is once again in hot water after telling his opponent Stan Wawrinka (right) that a fellow player slept with his girlfriend, adding: 'Sorry to tell you that, mate', Wawrinka divorced his wife Ilham earlier this year and has since been romantically linked with Croatian teenager Donna Vekic, 19 (pictured), Australian rising star Thanasi Kokkinakis and Croatian Donna Vekic, the pair at the centre of Nick Kyrgios' sledging controversy, had a brief mixed doubles career together. Nick Kyrgios jokes with fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, whom he accused of sleeping with Wawrinka's girlfriend, at the Davis Cup World Group between Australia and Kazakhstan in Darwin last month, In Vekic's own words: 'I want to be Donna Vekic, not the next Maria Sharapova, or the next Caroline Wozniacki, even though I look like them a little bit'. 'The ATP has announced that Nick Kyrgios has been fined the maximum on-site amount of $10,000 for an insulting comment he made to Stan Wawrinka during their second-round match at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada,' a statement from the association said. Sorry to tell you that, mate'. I don't know. Sam Groth... 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Vekic is one of his closest supporters, taking pride of place in Wawrinka's camp on the tennis circuit +14 Kokkinakis and Vekic are pictured playing mixed doubles together in … Wawrinka's call was answered by the tennis association on Thursday. DeSantis signs new anti-riot bill that cracks down on violent protests and stops police budgets from being cut on the same day as Derek Chauvin's closing arguments, What makes a woman 'beautiful'? Vekic, from Croatia, pictured at the player party during day two of the Mutua Madrid Open in Madrid in May. Controversy has followed Kyrgios around since his 2014 breakthrough when he knocked Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon. Nick Kyrgios has been booed by spectators during his first time back on court following controversial sledge, Kyrgios was knocked out of the tournament by John Isner in the third round match at the Rogers Cup, The Association of Tennis Professionals has fined Kyrgios $US10,000 ($A13,550) after he caused outrage by sledging Swiss Stan Wawrinka during a previous match, claiming another player had slept with his girlfriend. Wawrinka, the reigning Australian and French Open champion, also condemned the remarks in a fiery Twitter spree on Thursday evening. Infact, his comment was all over the court’s microphones, and everyone was going on about the love triangle. Nick Kyrgios has fast become the biggest brat on the tennis circuit with his John McEnroe-like outbursts on court and his eccentricity off it. Nick Kyrgios, with his favourite pink headphones, was reprimanded after climbing a fence to watch fellow Australians Lleyton Hewitt and Thanasi Kokkinakis in their doubles match during Wimbledon this year. Australian tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios has caused disconcert during a second round tennis match at the Montreal Masters when the 20 year old player trash talked against his 30 year old Swiss opponent, third-seeded Stan Wawrinka, when he told the Swiss player, ‘Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend,’ ‘Sorry to tell you that, mate’. While Kokkinakis said he had cleared the air with Wawrinka and Donna Vekic, the rising WTA star Kyrgios was referring to, the fallout continued … "I let him know. découvrez la recherche d’articles, Nadal : «Djokovic est plus obsédé par les records», Tsitsipas : «J'avais l'impression que je le méritais», Nadal et Djokovic absents de la finale de Monte-Carlo, Rublev : «Souvent des matches serrés» face à Tsitsipas, Tsitsipas : «J'ai encore beaucoup d'énergie», le premier tour à Cincinnati par Richard Gasquet, propos que l'Australien avait tenus lors d'un match où il était opposé à Stan Wawrinka à Montréal. Carrière 2013-2014. 'I really hope the ATP will take major action against him this time.'. Outside the Ball ends Love Week with Stan Wawrinka and Donna Vekic. 'So disappointing to see a fellow athlete and colleague be so disrespectful in a way could never even imagine,' Wawrinka fumed. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, took him under his wing this week. Hewitt and Kyrgios are also playing doubles together in Montreal. Apparently, Nick Kyrgios stated that Vekic had slept with Australian player Thanasi Kokkinakis while she was dating Swiss pro, Stan Wawrinka during the middle of the match. In his Montreal Masters match against Stan Wawrinka, Kyrgios scorned his opponent with a taunt aimed at Vekic. on the court, agreed to take on a mentoring role with Kyrgios starting earlier this week. We let it go, we didn't comment on Stan's comment. The 20-year-old was famously warned by former Australian champion Pat Rafter to stop interacting with the crowd and remain focused on the game. The Association of Tennis Professionals fined Kyrgios $US10,000 ($A13,550) after courtside microphones caught him midway through the second set saying: 'Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. The comments below have not been moderated. Mais c'est très décevant que ce genre de choses puisse arriver dans notre sport. Donna Vekic speaks out on relationships after splitting with Stan Wawrinka. As Kyrgios walked onto court to face American John Isner at the Rogers Cup in Montreal spectators could be heard jeering at the controversial tennis player, who caused outrage by sledging Wawrinka by claiming another player had slept with his girlfriend. Kind of a big deal.'. Throwback to New York 2016 Nick Kyrgios has been vigorously booed by spectators during his first time back on court after his controversial sledge towards opponent Stan Wawrinka. The couple joined host Mayleen Ramey to talk about their favorite date night spots! The story went viral seconds after the misact happened, but we hadn't had a chance to hear what Thanasi Kokkinakis had to say about it. 'You know that Stan did say that Nick was faking an injury last time they played and Nick was actually very sick,' she said. Kyrgios' statement has since been slammed as sexist and 'slut shaming' by people in sports media. Is this a new start for Australia's tennis bad boy? Sorry to tell you that, mate”. Vekic, a native of Osijek, Croatia, played her first amateur match … She has said: 'It's a compliment but I want to be Donna Vekic, not the next Maria Sharapova, or the next Caroline Wozniacki, even though I look like them a little bit.'. ‘It’s no use fining him, people are saying he should be fined but he just says I can afford to pay the fine why should I worry about it?,’ Mr Dalton told the Today Show. Kyrgios was referring to Wawrinka's partner and WTA star Donna Vekic. At Wimbledon in June, he screamed out that an umpire was 'dirty scum'. Kyrgios, 20, is believed to have been referring to 19-year-old Vekic. When Donna was just nine, she followed the path to the Bollettieri Academy in Florida that Maria and so many other prodigies in the women's game have trodden. Sorry to tell you that, mate”. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. It referred to fellow Australian star Thanasi Kokkinakis and Croatian player Donna Vekic, who had played mixed doubles with Kokkinakis and later dated Wawrinka. 'So there was no love lost there to start with. When asked if he was conscious of how much he was swearing, Kyrgios put his outbursts down to grand slam pressure and a headache caused by an ongoing sinus infection. J'espère que cela ne se reproduira plus car cela ne donne pas une très bonne image du tennis», a déclaré la jeune Croate.Kokkinakis, lui non plus, n'a pas apprécié la sortie de son compatriote. They were all at the Cincinnati Masters — Kyrgios, Wawrinka, Vekic and Kokkinakis. However, these photos with her supposed ex are still on her Instagram, even though she’s not following Wawrinka’s profile any more and he’s also not following hers. Her mentor was David Felgate, the man who coached Tim Henman into the Wimbledon semi-finals. But for the past few years she has been guided to the top in Britain. The lewd remark sparked global outrage and Kokkinakis' phone went into meltdown. Roland Garros 2019 Stan Wawrinka : sa petite amie au cœur d’une embrouille. It appears … Croatian tennis starlet Donna Vekic has even been hailed as the next Maria Sharapova thanks to her stunning looks and tennis prowess. 23 tennis pro Donna Vekic and her ex-boyfriend Stan Wawrinka have advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2019 US Open. After a Rogers Cup match against Wawrinka, an on-court microphone had picked Kyrgios telling the Swiss: “Kokkinakis b***d your girlfriend. Kyrgios had the opportunity to salvage a degree of respect by begging for their forgiveness. The 22-year-old Vekic is also not mentioning the split, rather, she’s enjoying the sun of Monte Carlo after her fourth-round exit at Roland Garros. Prosecutors close with new photos of George Floyd's injuries and ask jurors: Would he have died of an enlarged heart, overdose or tail-pipe fumes if it were not for Chauvin kneeling on his neck? A week later, he slammed his racquet into the ground with such force it bounced back up into the crowd. 310 in the doubles rankings in February this year. As we told earlier, Thanasi Kokkinas was previously alleged to have an affair with Croatian WTA star Donna Vekic. He belted out the cheating allegation so loud it was caught by the court’s microphones, and a love triangle storm was sparked. In June 2019, reports came through that Stan Wawrinka and Donna Vekic split up. Vekic and Australian rising star Thanasi Kokkinakis are friends who took to the court together to play mixed doubles at the Australian Open in 2014. Tennis officials were said to be thrilled when another scrappy Australian tennis champion, former world no. She has been romantically to Stan Wawrinka in recent months and is often seen cheering the Swiss star on from the stands. Earlier in November 2019, the diva even managed to reach a career-high singles ranking to no. Vekic is one of his closest supporters, taking pride of place in Wawrinka's camp on the tennis circuit, Kokkinakis and Vekic are pictured playing mixed doubles together in last year's Australian Open. Off-the-court, the players' friendship appears to date back to at least March 2013, based on messages they sent each other on social media. 'He's young but that's no excuse ... every match, he behaves very badly,' Wawrinka told reporters in French. Fraser later apologised. Ms Dalton replied: ‘Well, he’s so stupid because that’s really detrimental to the game of tennis and in our case as president of the Fed Cup Foundation for the women it’s just so disgraceful. 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We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Kokkinakis said he has “cleared the air” with both Wawrinka and Wawrinka’s girlfriend Donna Vekic, whom Kokkinakis had dated before she became involved with Wawrinka. Today Show host Karl Stefanovic said Kyrgios’ obvious opinion was that ‘it doesn’t matter what the public thinks’. A pernicious and gross form of slut-shaming. 'The problem is he doesn't just behave badly towards himself, he behaves badly towards the people around, the other players, the ball kids, the umpires. Thanasi Kokkinakis And Donna Vekic Respond To Nick Kyrgios' Sledge Kokkinakis, Vekic and Wawrinka have broken their silence on the Kyrgios … World ranked No. Frosty: Kyrgios and Wawrinka shake hands at the net after the Swiss star retired hurt in the final set, Shortly after the ATP announced on Thursday that it was fining Kyrgios $13,550 over the incident, he made a public apology on Facebook. Kyrgios was knocked out of the tournament by Isner in the third round match in Canada on Thursday (Friday morning Australian time). At the beginning of the second set, with an on-court microphone switched on, Kyrgios made a crude and personal comment on Wawrinka’s then-girlfriend, Donna Vekic, and his compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis. Two years ago, she was dragged into the most salacious story to hit tennis in … She later apologised. At this year's tournament in June, he screamed out that an umpire was 'dirty scum', slammed his racquet into the ground with such force it bounced back up into the crowd and was even accused of deliberately throwing a match. Sorry to tell you that mate.” Wawrinka, naturally, was far from amused with the words of Nick Kyrgios. They were bounced out of the tournament by Germany's Julia Goerges and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. Fox Sports news reporter Mark Gottlieb was shocked by the 20-year-old Australian's outburst saying: 'Let's not forget #Kyrgios 'sledge' is not belitting #Wawrinka. Vekic is probably best known now as the girlfriend of Swiss three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka. This was the reason for her son's overreaction, she explained. Donna Vekic criticised Nick Kyrgios for damaging tennis' image after the Australian claimed during an Aug. 12 match with Stan Wawrinka that Thanasi Kokkinakis had slept with Wawrinka ’s … Donna Vekic et Thanasis Kokkinakis ont fini par réagir aux propos que l'Australien avait tenus lors d'un match où il était opposé à Stan Wawrinka à Montréal. Donna Vekic et Thanasis Kokkinakis ont fini par réagir aux propos que l'Australien avait tenus lors d'un match où il était opposé à Stan Wawrinka à Montréal. They are pictured in January 2014, ‘For Donna it’s just so demeaning for her and I think that it doesn’t encourage women to come into the sport, certainly not the junior girls if they’re going to have to put up with that.’. Thanasi Kokkinakis, né le 10 avril 1996 à Seacombe Heights, est un joueur de tennis australien, professionnel depuis 2013. He was been criticised for wearing his favourite bright pink headphones wherever he goes and clashed with officials for climbing up a wall to watch fellow Aussies Lleyton Hewitt and Thanasi Kokkinakis playing in a doubles match. It stinks of no respect for women, it's sexist, and low-brow and not needed in this day and age.'. Play it now. Croatian tennis player Donna Vekic, 19 is the girlfriend of Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. Her career in tennis is relatively more successful as she has five singles titles and one doubles title in her name. Asked afterwards why he made the staggering remark, he told a Canadian television station: 'He was getting a bit lippy with me. That was a reference to Thanasi Kokkinakis, Kyrgios’ Australian Davis Cup teammate and a close friend, while it subsequently emerged that the woman in question was Vekic, whom Wawrinka … Kyrgios’ seedy sledge (caught by a court microphone) was directed at Stan Wawrinka during August 2015, as he played the Swiss star at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. ', In his spray to Stan Wawrinka (left), Kyrgios is believed to have been referring to Donna Vekic (right), 19, a Croatian tennis player whose star is on the rise, Stan Wawrinka condemned the rebellious Australian 20-year-old's low blow in a fiery stream of tweets, While 3AW Sports Today tweeted saying: 'Kyrgios showed no respect. Mais je lui ai fait comprendre qu'il n'avait pas le droit de faire ça. It added that 'additional penalties may be forthcoming', as the ATP was still reviewing the matter. 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