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Nick Kyrgios has reacted to Prince George being in the royal box while he was “swearing my nuts off” during last year’s Wimbledon final.
In July 2022, Prince George was sitting alongside his father and mother, Prince William and Princess Catherine, on Centre Court during Kyrgios’ loss to Novak Djokovic, and made headlines for looking unimpressed by the Australian’s on-court antics – including his colourful language.
Kyrgios reflected on the moment this week, while speaking on the podcast ‘Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson’ alongside the former heavyweight champion – who courted plenty of his controversy during his own career.
Asked by Tyson if he had met the late Queen, Kyrgios said: “I haven’t met the Queen. I played in front of the whole royal box and I was swearing my nuts off.
“And then I saw the photos of, was it William [George]? The young one? He was making faces and stuff. He was like, ‘This guy’s wild’.”
Kyrgios, 28, racked up several fines during the tournament for behaviour that included spitting in the direction of a spectator and clashing with a female fan, who later took legal action against him.
Prince George appeared unimpressed by Nick Kyrgios last year.Credit: Getty
On the podcast, he said he had incurred $US500,000 in fines throughout his career, including for defying Wimbledon’s all-white dress code.
Kyrgios, who has played just one competitive match this season due to injury, defended his actions and said he would continue his rule-breaking if he were to win Wimbledon one day.
“I walked out at Wimbledon with this red hat and some red Jordans [trainers] to accept the trophy in front of the royal family. You have to wear all white, like you have to, and I got fined £16,000 or something,” he told Tyson.
“Then I went in the interview and it kind of blew up, it went viral, because I said I’m not going to wear white and that was it. It was the first time anyone ever wore colour.”
Nick Kyrgios during last year’s Wimbledon final.Credit: Getty
Tyson, sounding mildly impressed, said: “You know how to f—ing piss people off, huh?”
Kyrgios continued: “Yeah, but I wore a red hat. It’s not like I’m doing crazy things. If I won Wimbledon, I would probably do a press conference in all black or something, but nah. Crazy.”
He then added, jokingly: “But [doing it] naked [would be] insane.
“That’s the thing, in tennis I’m not even acting a certain way. I’m not doing anything crazy. I like the basketball culture, I like bringing that type of energy into it. That’s it. But it’s seen as wrong.”
Tyson, 57, was full of praise for Kyrgios, and told him his family were big fans, including his 14-year-old daughter Milan. She is an aspiring tennis player, who has previously been coached by Serena Williams’ former trainer Patrick Mouratoglou.
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