Nick Kyrgios has complained about a spectator smoking cannabis during his match at the US Open.
The Australian tennis ace said he could smell the drugs in his second-round win over French opponent Benjamin Bonzi on Wednesday night.
Kyrgios suggested chair umpire Jaume Campistol warn the crowd inside New York’s Louis Armstrong Stadium.
The 27-year-old asked if he wanted to ‘remind anyone not to do this or whatever’.
But he ended the game on a high, scoring 7-6(3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Speaking after the match, the Wimbledon runner-up said he was “a heavy asthmatic”, adding that when he was “running side by side” and “struggling to breathe”, the marijuana was “probably only not something I want to breathe between the points”. “.
The outspoken player revealed how much pressure he put on himself to play well and described how he was “really lucky to go through in four sets”.
Kyrgios said of his opponent: “I didn’t expect him not to be good or anything like that. But his level was really, really good.
“It was one of those games where you kind of survived,” he added.
“I’m relatively happy with my form. It’s so stressful now because every game I play I expect to play so well.
“I probably have to lower the expectation of playing like a Wimbledon final every time. I almost don’t know who I am anymore, to be honest, because it’s not me.
“I feel like I’m really professional right now. I never thought the Wimbledon final would make me like this.
“I thought it would be the other way around, the reverse, almost a little lax and a little cool with it.”
However, Kyrgios received a warning for spitting during the match.
He previously admitted to spitting in the direction of a spectator at Wimbledon in June, lashing out at “disrespectful” spectators at a post-match press conference.
Kyrgios now faces unranked American JJ Wolf.
