Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player, bows out of Olympics over 'unfair treatment'
Tennis player says Australian Olympic Committee 'publicly and privately disparaged' him
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios won't be going to Rio – and it isn't because he didn't qualify.
Kyrgios announced on his official website that he has withdrawn from the 2016 Olympics due to "unfair and unjust treatment" by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).
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—@NickKyrgiosThe 21-year-old is currently ranked 19th in the ATP standings but won't participate in the Olympics because, as he says, the "AOC had chosen to publicly and privately disparage" him.
"The AOC's unfair and unjust treatment of me over the last four weeks, as well as the organization's crystal clear position on whether they want me to be a part of the Australian Olympic team, has solidified my final decision, " read the statement posted to his official website.
Kyrgios joins fellow Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic in skipping the Olympics this summer.
According to the Australian chef de mission Kitty Chiller, the two players had been put "on watch" over poor behaviour.
Recently, Kyrgios was given a code violation at the French Open for shouting at a ball boy. He was also fined for yelling an obscenity during his third-round loss to France's Richard Gasquet in the same tournament.
Prior to these two events, Kyrgios was suspended 28 days by the Association of Tennis Professionals for making a vulgar remark during a match about Stan Wawrinka's girlfriend at the 2015 Rogers Cup in Montreal.