Kyrgios Fined $16,500 For Extraordinary Performance at Shanghai Masters

By Sona Kadam on October 13, 2016 at 6:13 PM

Nick Kyrgios was fined $16,500 for his behavior during his second-round match against Mischa Zverev at the Shanghai Masters.

On Friday, the ATP announced that Kyrgios received the maximum possible fine of $10,000 for showing a “lack of best efforts” in the match, as well as a $5,000 fine for the verbal abuse of a spectator and a $1,500 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Trouble-prone Kyrgios, 21, patted a slow serve into his opponent’s court and failed to properly contest several points in his 6-3, 6-1 defeat to 110th-ranked Mischa Zverev.

Kyrgios later apologised for the Shanghai meltdown when he tweeted: “Not good enough today on many levels, I’m better than that. I can go on about excuses but there are none. Sorry.”

World No 1 Novak Djokovic said Kyrgios was one of the game’s biggest talents but that he had “life lessons” to learn.”Not many great things are spoken about him lately,” said the Serb.