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

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."

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***."