LONDON — Tennis 'bad boy' Nick Kyrgios has been left out of his country's Davis Cup semi-final against Britain in Glasgow next week to focus on his "personal and professional" development, captain Wally Masur said on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old, accused of not trying during a match at Wimbledon this year and handed a 28-day suspended ban by the ATP after making lewd suggestions about the girlfriend of opponent Stanislas Wawrinka during a match in Montreal last month, is his country's second-ranked player at number 37 in the world.
Bernard Tomic, who also has a chequered disciplinary record and volatile relationship with Tennis Australia, veteran Lleyton Hewitt, Sam Groth and teenager Thanasi Kokkinakis will make up Wally Masur's team in their first semi-final since 2006.