Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios spat in the direction of a fan during his first-round matchup against British tennis player Paul Jubb at Wimbledon.
The enigmatic player claims that the fan he spat at was verbally abusing him during the match.
“Today, as soon as I won the match, I turned to him … I’ve been dealing with hate and negativity for a long time, so I don’t feel like I owed that person anything,” Kyrgios said according to Simon Cambers of ESPN. “He literally came to the match to literally just, like, not even support anyone really.