Venus takes aim at Kyrgios after Australian Open loss: "He has the maturity level of a 10-year old, he’s an absolute k***"

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis overcame Michael Venus and Tim Puetz and the player from New Zealand was not exactly impressed by his Australian colleagues

Venus and his partner, Tim Putz, lost a thrilling three-set doubles match to Kyrgios and the Australian's friend and compatriot, Thanasi Kokkinakis, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6. The New Zealander has now spoken out about the flak he copped from the fans during the defeat on Tuesday in what he described as "not really a tennis match" while slating Kyrgios's maturity level.

Venus said:

"It felt like a circus out there, and not really a tennis match. Between serves, [they were] geeing the crowd up and getting them to cheer at times like that. I don’t think that’s really on. You know, if it’s on the other foot, old mate [Kyrgios] would have flipped his lid."

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He further continued:

"He already did get mad there by himself. It’s amazing, he can smash a ball out that hits a kid and just because he gives them a racquet afterwards people can say he is such a good guy. Anytime you were going back to get the balls to serve, people were making comments about yourself, your family."

Venus then blasted Kyrgios saying:

"On the maturity side, you see why he has never fulfilled his potential and probably never will. His maturity level, it is probably being generous to [say] about a 10-year-old, it’s at about that level. The amount of messages I got from people, an extreme amount, way, way more than I’ve ever had but then a lot of messages from people saying how embarrassed they were with the crowd’s behaviour and they’re sorry, it shouldn’t have been like that."

Venus finished off with:

"They will always be his supporters and he’ll spin it in a way that helps him, but at the end of the day he’s an absolute k***."

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