Australian Open 2017

[DJC]

Yep, its an example of the casual racism that exists in our society.

All the south eastern european types are held to a standard that almost no one can measure up to, yet the anglos get a pass because they are simply passionate about their careers.

Kyrgios may have not played all that well this year, but he was hardly as bad as advertised, and to put that in perspective the bloke that knocked him out just lost to Wawrinka in 3 sets, each of them going to a tie breaker.

If Andy Murray was Andreas Marionovic there would be hell to pay with him behaving like that.

Remeber Lleyton blaming losing on the playing surface at the Aussie Open??  That was more disrespectful that simply getting angry at your coaches box.

Murray is not Anglo; he's a Celt.  We may look similar but don't lump us all together ;  Kyrgios has Malayan ancestry too.

I understand what you're getting at though Thry.  I wonder how Kyrgios would be treated if he was a little more conservative in his appearance.

Did you hear Daria Gavrilova explain how she used a toilet break to regain her composure?

"Well, I went to the bathroom. I think I was losing my cool a little bit in the second set," Gavrilova said.

"I told myself, 'just try and be composed. Don't do what you did last year'. I told myself to be really focused and play a tough point every point."

I know it's not part of the game now but I wonder if giving players the opportunity to call a time out would reduce the temper tantrums and bad behaviour.