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Friday 17 May 2019

OH DANNY BOY

Nick Kyrgios of Australia returns
the ball to Daniil Medvedev
of Russia at the Italian Open
tennis tournament, in Rome,
Tuesday, May, 14, 2019.
Kyrgios won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Associated Press
Players

debate

necessary

punishment

after Kyrgios

outburst Danny Lee cuts Koepka

By ANDREW DAMPF lead to 1 shot at PGA
AP Sports Writer
ROME (AP) — Nick Kyrgios’
latest outburst of unruly Danny Lee, of New Zealand, lines up a putt on
behavior has other play- the 11th green during the first round of the PGA
ers split on whether the
temperamental Australian Championship golf tournament, Thursday, May
should be handed a long- 16, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.
term ban. Associated Press
Kyrgios walked off the court Page 18
and threw a chair onto the
red clay during a fit of rage
during his second-round
match at the Italian Open
on Thursday, leading to
him being defaulted and
fined.
His opponent, Norwegian
qualifier Casper Ruud, said
that wasn’t enough and
called for Kyrgios to be
banned for six months or
longer.
Roger Federer, though,
thinks Kyrgios has already
been given an appropri-
ate punishment.

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