Nick Kyrgios caps off Wimbledon with Wyld night in London
Nick Kyrgios drowned his sorrows at an exclusive London nightclub following his Wimbledon final loss against Novak Djokovic — still wearing his favourite red baseball cap,
The tennis ”bad boy”, who broke the tournament’s strict all-white dress code by wearing the Michael Jordan cap to receive his runner-up trophy from the Duchess of Cambridge, wore the same hat as he partied with girlfriend Costeen Hatzi and his sister Halimah.
Hatzi, 21, took to her Instagram Stories to share footage of the night out at central London club Wyld, branding Kyrgios’ sister a “bad influence” as she held up bottles of tequila and vodka inside a private booth. Models dressed in tennis-themed outfits held up sparklers as they brought over bottles of Champagne to the tennis star and his entourage.
It came after the 27-year-old Australian lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 to Djokovic on Centre Court.
During the match, Kyrgios complained that he was being distracted by a spectator who “looked like she’d had about 700 drinks”.
He was furious when Polish lawyer Ania Palus, 32, started to talk just as he was about to serve.
Today Ms Palus, who was ejected temporarily, said she had been trying to support him and had only had two drinks. “I wanted to give him support. Maybe I took it too far... but I only had good intentions,” she said. “It’s the temperature for me, I had no hat. I’m really sorry.”
Djokovic, meanwhile, enjoyed a more formal night out as he was accompanied by his wife Jelena to the Wimbledon Champions Ball. He also posed for photographs with women’s champion Elena Rybakina, who beat Tunisian Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to become Kazakhstan’s first Grand Slam singles champion.
Earlier Rybakina had admitted she was too shocked to celebrate after winning the tournament.
The Russian-born star, who switched to representing Kazakhstan for financial reasons four years ago, said: “I didn’t know what to do. It was shocking. Maybe because I believe that I can do it deep inside. But same time it’s, like, too many emotions. I was just trying to keep myself calm.”
