Nick Kyrgios has been fined a further $25,000 (£15,900) by the ATP and will face a one-month ban from the tour if he is found guilty of breaching behavioural standards again in the next six months.
The ATP made the judgment after concluding its investigation into the Australian’s taunting of Stanislas Wawrinka at the Montreal Masters, in which Kyrgios made an insulting remark about Wawrinka’s girlfriend.
Kyrgios was fined $10,000 (£6,350) by the ATP in the immediate aftermath of the incident for verbal abuse or unsportsmanlike conduct.
“This incident was egregious and reflected poorly on our sport,” said the ATP executive vice president Gayle David Bradshaw. “Nick has expressed regret, and the best result would be that he learns a lesson from this incident and that he understands he is responsible to the Tour and to fellow players for both his actions and his words. It is with these factors in mind I feel he should have the opportunity to ‘earn’ his way out of additional sanctions.”
Kyrgios apologised to Wawrinka, as well as Vekic and Kokkinakis and their families for “dragging them into something that wasn’t deserved for them.”
