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WTA boss, Navratilova demands tough action on Nick Kyrgios

Updated on: 16 August,2015 07:58 AM IST  | 
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WTA Tour chairman Stacey Allaster and women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova demanded tougher punishment for Australian ATP player Nick Kyrgios in the wake of his sex slur during a match

WTA boss, Navratilova demands tough action on Nick Kyrgios

Toronto: WTA Tour chairman Stacey Allaster and women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova demanded tougher punishment for Australian ATP player Nick Kyrgios in the wake of his sex slur during a match.



Martina Navratilova


Kyrgios was fined $12,500 by the ATP Tour on Thursday as it launched an investigation into the 20-year-old’s remark to French Open champion Stan Wawrinka in a second-round match Wednesday at the ATP Rogers Cup in Montreal.


“The statement made by Nick Kyrgios is crude and unacceptable,” Allaster said in a statement. “I commend the ATP on assessing the on-site maximum fine and urge there to be further sanctions.”

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