Kyrgios reacts furiously to mention of his assault charge following Swiatek’s criticism

Nick Kyrgios did not react kindly to a social media user who defended Iga Świątek against him, recalling how the Australian pleaded guilty to an assault charge.

Kyrgios will play in only his second tournament in the last two years at Brisbane Internationalscheduled for the opening week of the 2025 season. Then he plans to compete in the Australian Open.

While recovering from serious wrist and ankle injuries, the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up continued to work as a commentator and continued to post opinions on social media.

Much of Kyrgios’ analysis can be thoughtful and interesting. For example, developed five ideas to improve tennis. While fans may not agree with all of his suggestions, they were worth debating.

Kyrgios often attracts controversy with his different opinions. A notable example in 2024 is his strong views on Jannik Sinner and Iga Świątek testing positive for banned substances this year.

Sinner’s case was made public a few days before the US Open. His two positive tests for the banned substance clostebol occurred at the Indian Wells Open in March, where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals.

A private five-month investigation by the International Tennis Integrity Agency cleared him of wrongdoing, but… The World Anti-Doping Agency filed an appeal and demands a ban for a period of one to two years.

While many players were irritated by Sinner’s handling of the case, Kyrgios has since been the Italian’s most vocal critic, spreading theories, among other things, about how long clostebol can stay in a player’s system.

Kyrgios was also not happy with Świątek’s case. The former WTA No. 1 accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for trimetazidine because the over-the-counter medicine was contaminated with a prohibited substance.

The controversial 29-year-old posted on X (formerly Twitter) “Our sport is cooked” to demonstrate his dissatisfaction with both cases and the negative impact he believes it is having on the sport.

Another user, X, reacted sharply to Kyrgios’ tweet, writing that allowing “abusers” like him to play tennis is an issue that fans should be more concerned about than Swiatek’s short doping suspension.

“The bigger problem in our sport is that abusers like you can continue to play without any punishment, so shut up before you say our sport is cooked.”

The mercurial Kyrgios did not like this answer. He called the user a “potato” – an insult the former Wimbledon finalist regularly uses on social media – and accused her of spreading misinformation.

“Huh? Have you read my case? ….. when a potato like you speaks without facts, that is called spreading disinformation…. Hahahaha, be upset.”

Correctly establishing the facts in the Kyrgios case is extremely important. However, the Australian admitted to knocking his then-girlfriend to the ground during an argument when she tried to stop him from leaving where they were staying in Canberra.

However, the judge decided not to convict Kyrgios because the offense was at the lowest level of simple assault.