London: Nick Kyrgios risks a heavy fine after going into a sulk and appearing to stop trying during his Wimbledon fourth-round defeat against Richard Gasquet. The 20-year-old Australian downed tools early in the second set of the clash on Court Two, where he also was given a ticking-off for swearing and rowed with British umpire James Keothavong over a change of socks.


Nick Kyrgios. Pic/AFP 

It was the code violation for an "audible obscenity" that seemed to spark the petulance from Kyrgios, who was heading a break down when Keothavong warned him over his coarse language. In an act of ill-advised rebellion, in the third game of the second set, Kyrgios let two serves slide by him for aces without even swinging his racquet. He meekly fed back two further Gasquet serves into the net in a game of complete surrender.