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(Reuters) – Nick Kirios continued to argue with referee Fergus Murphy during the second round defeat of the Cincinnati Masters by Karen Khchanov on Wednesday night and insulted the referee heavily before leaving the field to break snowshoes.
The Australian expects a heavy penalty from ATP after fighting with referees for the second time in two weeks and with Murphy for the second time this month, while he collapsed in a loss 6: 7 7-6 against 6-2.
Kieros' s disputed with Murphy at the end of the second set and accused him of having started the time set for early transmission. He was penalized one point at the end of the Group B qualifiers after insulting the Irish referee.
The 24-year-old, who was not ranked a favorite in the tournament, left the field to go to the restroom and, despite Murphy's objection, images showed that Cereus was breaking snowshoes in the tunnel which led to the field.
Kerrius, who left the field without shaking hands with Murphy, defeated the Irish referee two weeks ago at the Washington Open, where he won the title and played with a referee at the Rogers Cup in Montreal last week.
Murphy had already been insulted by Kyrios at the Queens Championship in June.
The eighth-seeded Russian Khchanov remained calm and ended the match with three straight games against France's Luca Boy, who beat Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-4 for a quarter-final spot.
The German Jan-Lenard Struff did not survive the uprising of Stefanos Titipas, while young Serbian Miomir Kismanovic beat fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev in the tournament's two biggest surprises.
Struve, who is still looking for his first individual singles title over his 10-year career, was the best player for most of the match against his 21-year-old Greek rival.
With his service kicked out in the second set, Titipas managed to keep his hopes alive and both players used a playoff group.
But the German refused to surrender and won 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 to reach the third round against the ninth favorite Daniel Medvedev, who beat the Frenchman Benoit Bear 7-6, 6- 1.
"I was lucky enough to win the match at 6-4, 5-4, but my mission was broken and that's what he did," said Struff.
"The efficiency that I appreciated (in the game) stems from that and I had the chance to settle the game in two straight sets, then again when I advanced 6-3 at break-even ( in the third set) and then to a 6-6 draw. "
"Titipas was doing very well, I was thinking: I have to try it otherwise I will not win." I worked hard with my team physically and in the end it paid off and I was kept my shape. "
But his compatriot Zverev's performance was less durable and he made 20 double mistakes in his loss to Kismanovic, 19, who lost 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.
It was Kismanovic, the second youngest in the world's top 100, to beat a top-10 player and lead the top 50 when he came out next week.
World number five Ki Nishikori was beaten 7-6 by 6-6 by Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka.
World number one Novak Djokovic and third seed Roger Federer qualified for the third round on Tuesday.
(Reuters)
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