Nick Kyrgios could have landed in scorching water earlier than his Australian Open marketing campaign even will get underway.
The Aussie was noticed along with his girlfriend Costeen Hatzi driving across the streets of Melbourne in a picture that whipped round social media.
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Kyrgios and Hatzi, photographed on Elizabeth Street, will be seen driving down the highway on an e-scooter.
But the problem for Kyrgios is the actual fact he’s driving with out a helmet on.
The transfer is a transparent breach of Victorian highway guidelines which require e-scooter riders to put on authorized bicycle helmets.
To make issues worse for the 27-year-old, a helmet is clearly seen and hooked up to the e-scooter they’re driving.
News.com.au has contacted Victoria Police concerning the incident.
Former NBA and NBL star Andrew Bogut, who holds a notable dislike for the Daniel Andrews-led Victorian authorities, was fast to name out the absurd backlash.
“Such a nanny state! Fine him for not taking his own safety seriously,” he tweeted together with a number of clown emojis.
The tweet from Bogut drew a response from the person himself with Kyrgios replying: “nah it’s too much now”.
The Canberra native hasn’t loved a clean lead-up to the Australian Open after blindsiding his Australian teammates by pulling out of the United Cup the day earlier than.
Battling an ankle damage, he was compelled to pull the pin on enjoying within the Adelaide International however took to Rod Laver Arena final Friday in an exhibition blockbuster in opposition to Novak Djokovic.
He has nevertheless had his justifiable share of battles away from the court docket, ruffling the feathers of Australian tennis greats Pat Rafter and Pat Cash.
Rafter voiced his displeasure with how Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis carried out themselves on court docket and mentioned they had been getting below the pores and skin of different gamers on tour.
Kyrgios hit again emphatically.
“He would have absolutely zero idea on what the locker room thinks. Me and kokk have great relationships with most of the players on tour. Guy is clueless,” Kyrgios wrote on Twitter.
Cash took difficulty with the Australian Open placing on the glorified observe match on the primary court docket for the Aussie and the 21-time Grand Slam winner.
Kyrgios’ Australian Open marketing campaign will get underway on Tuesday evening at 7pm when he takes on
Russian Roman Safiullin.
After a profession yr in 2022 the Aussie will likely be hoping to emulate his stellar kind and eclipse his finest efforts on the Australian Open, which got here again in 2015 when he reached the quarter-finals.
