New controversy: Kyrgios drank beer from a fan’s glass after winning the Australian Open | VIDEO

Nick Kyrgios began to play and thrilled the entire audience that attended John Cain Arena. The tennis player, who plays as a local at the Australian Open, had no problems beating British Liam Broady 3-0 with partials of 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3. So, after the duel, the fans wanted to celebrate with the always controversial athlete.

As soon as the contest closed, the man born in Canberra approached all the people. From the outset, the player threw his towel into the stands to be taken by a fan. Immediately, the 26-year-old athlete signed balls, shirts and took pictures. A total madness that unleashed before the public present in Melbourne.

The energy and good vibes from the tennis fans rubbed off on Kyrgios, who accepted all requests on his way to the locker room. Nick even agreed to have some beer offered to him from the stands.

A supporter of the Australian handed him the glass of beer. First, the tennis player hesitated, sniffed the content, nodded, sipped a bit of the drink and this was celebrated by everyone around him.

The image of Kyrgios drinking from a foreign glass has left various reactions. On the one hand, the player was criticized and described as “irresponsible”, although there were voices that supported number 115 in the professional ranking.

He had a hard time with the coronavirus

Shortly after the Australian Open, Kyrgios tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted that he had difficult days. “It was not great news. I had some doubts, a lot of messages that said I was going to play, but I honestly couldn’t ask for a better team.”, he expressed.

“The last week has been tough, but I did isolation. My girlfriend was there and I was lucky enough to have a tennis court and I only did a few serves, and I obviously served really well today.”, declared at a press conference.

In the next round of the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian will face Daniil Medvedev. “He is an incredible player. I knew I was going to do special things in this sport.”, said the local about the Russian.