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13th Aug 2015

Tennis badboy Nick Kyrgios makes obscene accusation about rival’s girlfriend mid-match (Vine)

JOE

This is bottom of the barrel sledging from Nick Kyrgios.

The Australian tennis player plumbed new depths on Wednesday night, as he tried to wind up his opponent by claiming a rival player had slept with his other half.

In a remark picked up by a court-side microphone, Kyrgios made the allegation to Swiss rival Stan Wawrinka about his girlfriend [Donna Vekic] and Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis.

“Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend,” he declared, midway through the second set. “Sorry to tell you that, mate…”

Tackled on the comments after his victory [Wawrinka retired with a back injury], Kyrgios explained, “He was getting a bit lippy…[it was] kind of in the heat of the moment. I don’t know [why]. I just said it.”

Later, two-time Grand Slam winner Wawrinka took to Twitter to give his take on the Australian’s bluster…