Kyrgios thrown out of Italian Open after on-court outburst

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - ATP 500 - Acapulco Open, Acapulco, Mexico - March 2, 2019 Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in action during his Final match against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Henry Romero
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HENRY ROMERO(Reuters)
(Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios was defaulted from his second round Italian Open clash against Norway’s Casper Ruud on Thursday after the hot-headed Australian hurled a chair on to the court.
World number 36 Kyrgios, who was broken in the third set, threw his racket to the floor before kicking a water bottle and flinging a chair towards the centre of the court.
Ruud was leading 6-3 6-7(5) 2-1 when Kyrgios was disqualified.
(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)