LOS ANGELES — Australian Nick Kyrgios was involved in a fresh dispute after being accused of swearing at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Saturday.
At 2-2 in the second set of his second-round defeat by Spaniard Albert Ramos, the umpire said Kyrgios had used foul language and docked the player a point.
"You used the F word," explained French official Damien Dumusois.
Kyrgios protested and, after briefly taking a seat in the crowd, he approached the umpire.
"I didn't say anything," he said.
Dumusois replied: "Nick. You know we are strict on the F word.