"For the vast part of the match, he got it right" - Tim Henman on umpire Bernardes handling of Kyrgios behaviour

Former British tennis star Tim Henman described the Nick Kyrgios and Jannik Sinner match as a "proper circus".

Kyrgios was unhappy with chair umpire Carlos Bernardes for the majority of the match and he let the experienced ATP umpire hear it. His frustration started with the courts not playing the way the centre court the event plays and it only grew from there.

Kyrgios was hit by a costly point penaly in the first set tie-break and he absolutely lost it after losing the first set. Bernardes then hit Kyrgios with a game penalty as Sinner started the second set with a break without doing anything.

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Commenting for Amazon Prime, Henman said:

"For the vast part of the match Carlos Bernardes got it spot on. He gave Nick a little bit of leeway in the first set but if behave like that you have to face the consequences. The biggest obstacle Kyrgios had was his opponent. It was a proper circus out here. There were a lot of distraction, a lot of opportunities for Sinner to lose concentration and he didn't do that”.

Kyrgios was ultimately fined a total of 35.000 dollars for the incidents.