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 recreation of the match however then went on to lose the subsequent six video games.
Down by a set, Tomic reportedly mentioned 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 instructed officers that he suspects he has covid,” tennis broadcaster Mike Catio wrote on X.
Responding to Tomic apparently retiring attributable to 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 whole state of affairs.
🤦🏾
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) May 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 this 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 get together?!” The group responded by chanting again: “The get together is right here!”
After watching footage of Bergs’ celebration, Kyrgios wasn’t actually impressed as he thought it was “lame.”
Lame
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) May 31, 2024
In the meantime, Kyrgios continues to be sidelined and dealing on his comeback from wrist surgical procedure. Since Kyrgios just lately accepted to be part of the BBC protection group for Wimbledon, it is vitally doubtless that he will not make his return in the course of the grass season.
