Nick Kyrgios blows up in his weirdest on court rant yet

Nick Kyrgios’ on court rants have become part and parcel throughout his career, this one well and truly takes the cake.

The rollercoaster that is the life and times of Nick Kyrgios on a tennis court took another turn on Wednesday morning after the Aussie was dispatched 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round at the Canadian Open.

Days after claiming the Washington Open title, Kyrgios was back in action against Kyle Edmund but his mindset was elsewhere.

Kyrgios has had several blows up on the court throughout his career, even last week he lost it with the crowd over noise in the second set. But today well and truly takes the cake.

It wasn’t the crowd, his opponent or even the chair umpire that got under the skin of the fiery Aussie … instead it was a towel.

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That’s right, Kyrgios was “seething” over the fact he didn’t have a plain white towel and he didn’t hide his frustration with the commentators once again forced to apologise for the colourful language picked up by the on court microphones.

After telling the chair umpire to radio for a towel, Kyrgios went back onto the court down 2-3 and unleashed a verbal tirade.

“I’m f***ing frustrated man, a f***ing white towel … I asked him, how hard is it. It’s a white towel, five games for a white towel,” Kyrgios shouted.

Meanwhile, Nick Kyrgios is ranting and seething at the umpire over not getting a white towel 5 games into the match.

— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) August 6, 2019

Kyrgios asked umpire to arrange for a white towel to be sent to his seat only for the official to tell him he couldn’t.

“I’m not allowed to leave the chair,” the umpire said.

“But you have a radio, I asked you at the start of the match,” Kyrgios responded.

“You’re telling me you can’t radio in for one white towel?”

He continued to voice his displeasure over not having the towel deep into the first set and was hit with a code violation.

“We love to watch the train crash … certainly not the way you want your sport represented,” one ESPN commentator said as Kyrgios’ rant continued.

Edmund on the other hand was more than happy using the tournament towels and took full advantage to claim the opening set 6-3.

Nick, you're down 2-5 in the first to a bloke who's never beaten you, and you're carrying on about a towel.

Get your head in the game, champ...#Montreal

— Brett McKay (@BMcSport) August 6, 2019

Kyrgios finally got his hands on a plain white towel just before the set came to an end and settled down as the second set got underway.

His mood had lightened up so much he even fake attempted his underarm serve, but Edmund was quick to react.

He had you there, @kyle8edmund 😉@NickKyrgios #CoupeRogers pic.twitter.com/L0SVlPMjYz

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 6, 2019

The second set was brought to a halt thanks to a passing shower with the scores tied up at 4-4.

After a 90-minute delay the players were back on the court, but Kyrgios still couldn’t let the issue of the white towel go.

Immediately raising the issue with the chair umpire before being broken to love and handed Edmund the chance to serve for the match, which he comfortably took to advance into the second round.

And just like that the Nick Kyrgios show in Montreal is over. He won in Washington last weekend but goes down in the 1st round tonight v Kyle Edmund 6-3, 6-4 #RogersCup

— Douglas Gelevan (@DGelevan) August 7, 2019

He’ll now take on Daniil Medvedev, the man Kyrgios beat to claim the crown in Washington.

Krygios’ victory in Washington vaulted him into 27th on the rankings, the first time he’s been inside the top 30 since October 1, 2018. It makes him the number one Australian male player once again.