Nick Kyrgios repeatedly insulted umpire Fergus Murphy and suggested that line judges were 'rigging the game' in a petulant display at the Fever Tree Championships.
He received only one warning from a tirade that began towards the end of the second set and continued for much of his contest with Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, which he eventually won 7-6, 6-3.
But just two matches after he was defaulted in Rome for throwing a chair on to the court, Kyrgios's behaviour will again come in for criticism. He described the officiating as 'a joke', 'a disgrace' and said umpire Murphy was 'terrible at your job'.
Nick Kyrgios exploded at umpire Fergus Murphy during his first-round match at Queen's
Kyrgios got riled up when he thought his opponent double faulted at set point down
After all that he is due to play again on Thursday in the second round in a jammed-up schedule due to the rain at Queen's Club. That match, against Canadian phenom Felix Auger-Aliassime, could prove difficult given his preparation, as he said to himself towards the end of the match: 'So lazy, do something, so lazy you are. You were playing FIFA until 3am what do you expect?'
As often seems to be the case with the world No 39, his attention was wandering. In the first set, instead of sitting down at a changeover he stood on his tip toes to look over the fence and watch an adjacent match.
The ranting and raving began when Carballes Baena served what Kyrgios thought should have been called as a double fault at set point down.
'Bro you are taking the f****** p*** mate,' Kyrgios exploded at umpire Murphy. 'The ball was this far out, no joke. What are you doing? It's so far long. Bro, it's taking the piss. I refuse to play.'
Murphy responded with a code violation for
