Controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios was caught simulating a sex act moments before his semi-final loss to Marin Cilic on Sunday morning (AEST).
For the second time in three days host broadcaster the BBC was forced to apologise for Kyrgios’ behaviour.
The 23-year-old unleashed an expletive-laced tirade during his victory over Kyle Edmund earlier in the week, which the network apologised for.
But if that incident offended British tennis fans they would have been choking on their tea when the 23-year-old pretended to masturbate in between his warm-up and the first game of his 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) loss to the top seed.
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Kyrgios, no stranger to controversy, appeared to make eye contact with someone in his player’s box before crudely shaking his water bottle for several seconds and spraying water.
He maintained eye contact without breaking a smile as he casually took three sips before carrying on with his day.
Kyrgios’ antics will take the attention away from his second semi-final loss in as many weeks after going down to Roger Federer in three sets in Stuttgart last week.
Having served 32 aces in his previous two matches, Kyrgios sent down 16 aces to Cilic’s 11 in a tight contest that featured zero service breaks.
Cilic will take on Novak Djokovic in Monday’s (AEST) final.
