A tennis fan accused by Nick Kyrgios of having '700 drinks' at the Wimbledon final has hit back at the claim. Aussie Kyrgios was left furious after he claims that he was distracted by the lady Ania Palus, aged 32 and a Polish lawyer, as he took on Novak Djokovic on the Centre Court.
He shouted to the umpire during the third set of the match: "Why is she still here? She's drunk out of her mind and speaking to me in the middle of a game." When asked by the official which individual he was referring to Kyrgios, 26, added: "The one who looks like she's had about 700 drinks."
However, Ania has hit back at the claim, insisting that she had only consumed a glass of rosé wine and a Pimms, The Mirror reports.
She was escorted out of Centre Court due to Kyrgios' complaints, but was allowed to retake her seat shortly afterwards after being handed a bottle of water by stewards. Ania said: "He always says the crowd is against him and I wanted to show we were for him, I wanted to encourage him. I only had one Pimms and one rosé. It's the temperature for me, I had no hat. I'm really sorry."
Kyrgios displayed his now customary anger throughout his four-set defeat to Djokovic, with the BBC even making an on-air apology as he turned the air blue. He had regular slanging matches with his family in the crowd, at one point blasting: "Do you f****** care at all?”
Kyrgios was later fined £3,325 for his language, but scooped £100,000 for finishing as runner-up at SW19.
His antics were played out in front of Prince George, who was given the opportunity to hold the Wimbledon trophy by victorious Serb Djokovic after his win.
“It was great," the Royal told Djokovic of the match.
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