The men's Wimbledon final witnessed remarkable scenes as Nick Kyrgios angrily complained about a "drunk" woman in the crowd putting him off.
Kyrgios, who started superbly by winning the first set, became more agitated as the match against Novak Djokovic wore on, raging against his own team in their box for apparently not encouraging him well enough. But it was a female spectator who really irked him.
The Australian halted the match at one point, remonstrating with the umpire and demanding the woman be removed from Centre Court.
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"It's distracting me when I am serving in a Wimbledon final," he said. "There is no other bigger occasion. You didn't believe me and she did it again and it nearly cost me the game. She is drunk out of her mind in the first row, speaking to me in the middle of the game. What is acceptable?"
The umpire then asked Kyrgios to identify the alleged culprit, with the player replying: "I know exactly which one it is. It's the one who looks like she's had about 700 drinks!" The umpire then appeared to contact security to deal with the situation.
Djokovic fought back to win the second, third and fourth sets to seal a 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 victory and take a seventh Wimbledon title.
Kyrgios has hit the headlines throughout the tournament. He received a 10,000 US dollars (£8,260) punishment after he admitted to spitting in the direction of a spectator who had heckled him during the first-round tie against Paul Jubb, and a 4,000 dollars (£3,300) fine for swearing in another match.
It emerged on Tuesday that the Australian tennis player has been summoned to appear in a Canberra on August 2 over allegations of common assault against his ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari.
Speaking to reporters after beating Chile's Cristian Garin in straight sets in the quarter-finals on Wednesday, Kyrgios said he had "things I want to say" but had been advised not to by his lawyer.
He said: "Obviously I have a lot of thoughts and things I want to say, you know kind of my side about it but obviously I've being advised by lawyers that I'm unable to say anything at this time.
"So I understand that everyone wants to kind of ask about it and all that but I can't give you too much on that right now."
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