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The feud between Nick Kyrgios and Lleyton Hewitt has been reignited with Swedish tennis great Mats Wilander saying Hewitt has reported incidents of children emulating the Aussie tennis bad boy.
Speaking on Eurosport, former world No.1 Wilander lashed Kyrgios for his behaviour and how it is influencing children.
Kyrgios throws his racket out of the court after smashing it during the Murray River Open
Wilander said he had recently spoken to Hewitt and the Australian Davis Cup captain had expressed concerns about kids copying Kyrgios.
'It's just a game where you learn a lot about life and educate and rules and these guys are taking it to a complete different level,' Wilander said.
'And I do know from Lleyton Hewitt telling me that every kid in Australia basically, is doing what Nick Kyrgios does.
'I'm not saying they're throwing rackets and whatever, but they hit the ball like Nick Kyrgios and that's kind of bad enough in a way because Nick is so talented, but he doesn't use his feet at all in any of his shots.
'He just slaps it with his arm. And they look up to these guys. So I think it's atrocious.
'I actually think it's horrible. I think breaking a racket
