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(CNN)<\/cite>Nick Kyrgios admitted to spitting in the direction of a fan he believed treated him “disrespectfully” during his opening round win at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (CNN)Nick Kyrgios admitted to spitting in the direction of a fan he believed treated him “disrespectfully” during his opening round win at Wimbledon. The Aussie star defeated home favorite Paul Jubb 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 in an entertaining match but felt like a supporter was taking his heckling exceeded the goal. After winning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Aussie star defeated home favorite Paul Jubb 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 in an entertaining match but felt like a supporter was taking his heckling exceeded the goal.<\/p>\nAfter winning the match point, Kyrgios turned to one of the stands and spat on the ground as he headed for the net.<\/p>\nWhen asked by a reporter if he spat in the direction of that fan, Kyrgios replied: “That one of the people doesn’t respect me, yes. I wouldn’t do that to someone who supports me.<\/p>\n“I’m fine with getting a lot of it [heckling]. What I don’t understand is as soon as I return it, for example in Stuttgart I returned it and I got a match penalty.<\/p>\n\u201cAs soon as I won the match, I turned to him. I’ve dealt with hate and negativity for a long time, so I don’t feel I owe this person anything. <\/p>\n\u201cHe literally came to the game not to really support anyone. It was more just to goad and be disrespectful.\u201d<\/p>\nKyrgios had said earlier this month that he was racially abused by a member of the crowd at a tournament in Stuttgart that organizers were investigating. <\/p>\nThe Australian said he was not racially abused on Tuesday but was concerned at the frequency of fan abuse. <\/p>\n\n“I’m just starting to think that when it really isn’t, it’s normal,” he told reporters. “I didn’t say anything to the crowd until they started every time I got to the other end. I don’t know if it’s normal or not.<\/p>\n“It has nothing to do with Wimbledon. I just think like on social media, a whole generation of people feel like they have the right to comment on every single thing with negativity. It just carries over to real life.<\/p>\n“Because there’s a fence there and I can’t physically do anything or say anything because I’ll get in trouble, so they just feel like they can just say whatever they want.”<\/p>\nThat wasn’t the only flashpoint of the game as Kyrgios was also unhappy with a linesman’s decision on a point in the opening set.<\/p>\nHe later said during his press conference that referees at Wimbledon should be younger because “actually younger people have better eyesight”.<\/p>\nKrygios will play doubles with Thanasi Kokkinakis on Wednesday before continuing his singles campaign against 26th seeded Filip Krajinovi\u0107 on Thursday.<\/p>\n