Nick Kyrgios has hailed ‘cheeky’ American tennis star Taylor Fritz for trolling Arthur Rinderknech after Thursday’s grudge match at Wimbledon 2024.
Kyrgios, 29, is still very much the bad boy of professional tennis but he was unable to compete at this year’s Championships over injury and is working for the BBC.
The Australian absolutely loved the drama at the end of the Fritz’s second-round win over Frenchman Rinderknech, insisting the sport ‘needs’ more feuds like this.
Fritz and Rinderknech got into a heated back-and-forth at the net after their match on Court 12, which the American 13th-seed won 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Rinderknech was told to ‘have a nice flight home’ by Fritz as he trolled his French opponent at the All England Club – in what was a rematch of their incredibly tense and feverish French Open clash last year.
At Roland-Garros in 2023, spectators booed and whistled Fritz for eliminating Rinderknech, and he responded by putting a finger to his …