Nick Kyrgios handed suspended ban for Cincinnati outburst

Nick Kyrgios has been given a suspended 16-week ban from the ATP Tour following the conclusion of an investigation into his explosive second-round loss at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati last month. The Australian was handed a record fine of 113.000 US dollars after committing eight offences during his match with Karen Khachanov, including verbally abusing umpire Fergus Murphy and spitting towards the official. An ATP statement read: “The investigation found a pattern of behaviour related to Kyrgios’s verbal abuse of officials and/or spectators in the past 12 months that constitutes a violation.” The six-month period will begin on Monday after Kyrgios accepts the ruling.

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