A furious Nick Kyrgios has taken aim at the New York crowd at the US Open, bewildered how a large contingency was allowed to proceed courtside in the middle of a game during his first round loss to Andy Murray.
Kyrgios, who also received a code violation for 'audible obscenity' in the fourth set, was up an early break in the first and on serve when a group of fans made their way to their seats
The match came to a halt for close to a minute in the opening set as a frustrated Kyrgios waited for the fans to get to their seats, eventually surrendering the break and his composure in the 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 defeat.
"Can you tell them to sit down straight away," Kyrgios told the chair umpire. "What the hell are they doing letting people in the middle of the game. 15-0 and they let 30 people in."
Murray went on to win the second set quite comfortably before Kyrgios put up a fight in the third, breaking Murray to love to take the match into a fourth set.
But the fightback and any momentum he gained was shortlived, with Murray storming back in the fourth to close out the match and end Kyrgios' run before it even began.
It's the fourth time, and third time at a grand slam this year, that Kyrgios has lost to the Scot, who could potentially square off with the 20-year-old Australian at the Davis Cup semi final in Scotland on September 18.
"That's the thing, he's unpredictable and can play all of the shots," Murray said.
He serves really well, fantastic athlete. He's a big guy who covers the court really well. He can hit the ball hard up high down low, it doesn't matter. It was a very tricky match."