Bernard Tomic apparently cited a suspected COVID as the rationale for his mid-match retirement at a Challenger match and Nick Kyrgios seemingly thought it was fairly weird.
After overcoming Thai-Son Kwiatkowski within the Little Rock Challenger first spherical, Tomic took on Yuta Shimizu within the round-of-16 on Thursday. When the match began, Tomic was in a position to serve out the opening sport of the match however then went on to lose the following six video games.
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Down by a set, Tomic reportedly stated on the courtroom that he suspected that he contracted COVID. Then, the previous world No. 17 retired from his match.
“Bernard Tomic down 6-1 to Shimizu, however has advised officers that he suspects he has covid,” tennis broadcaster Mike Catio wrote on X.
Responding to Tomic apparently retiring resulting from a suspected COVID, Kyrgios simply reacted by posting a facepalm emoji. Whereas Kyrgios did not write any phrases, it was fairly clear how he felt about the complete scenario.
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) Might 31, 2024
Kyrgios rips’ Zizou Bergs’ ‘lame’ celebration
On Thursday, qualifier Bergs beat Maximilian Marterer 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 to achieve the French Open third spherical. By beating Marterer, 24-year-old Bergs – ranked at No. 104 on the planet – reached a Slam third spherical for the primary time and he’s additionally set to enter the top-100 for the primary time in his profession.
Moments after sealing a win over Marterer, a fired-up Bergs shouted on the crowd: “The place is the social gathering?!” The gang responded by chanting again: “The social gathering is right here!”
After watching footage of Bergs’ celebration, Kyrgios wasn’t actually impressed as he thought it was “lame.”
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— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) Might 31, 2024
In the meantime, Kyrgios remains to be sidelined and dealing on his comeback from wrist surgical procedure. Since Kyrgios not too long ago accepted to be part of the BBC protection group for Wimbledon, it is extremely probably that he will not make his return through the grass season.
