There’s trash talk and then there’s TRASH TALK, and Nick Kyrgios engaged in the latter tonight. Taking on Stan Wawrinka in the second round of Rogers Cup action in Montreal, Kyrgios muttered under his breath* “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend” to Wawrinka, referring to 76th-ranked Thanasi Kokkinakis. I’m all for spirited trash talk, but that’s not very nice!
After beating Wawrinka 6-7, 6-3, 4-0 (Wawrinka retired due to injury), Kyrgios fessed up:
Update (12:50 a.m.): The post has been updated with a much better video of the comment. The original Vine is below.
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