"What is this BS? He hasn’t accomplished this": James Blake recalls being confronted by unnamed player for Nick Kyrgios scheduling choice

The director of the Miami Open, James Blake, acknowledged that he was confronted by a "very top player" in 2018 after scheduling Nick Kyrgios on the center court when the tournament was held in Key Biscayne.

The former world No. 4 is serving as the tournament director for the sixth time this year and shared an interesting anecdote about his first year as director. The American joined the "Served with Andy Roddick" podcast and revealed that a significant star criticized him in the locker room.

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Roddick asked Blake to recall any player who lost control due to the schedule, and the current Miami Open director mentioned a situation he experienced in his first year at the helm: Principio del formulario

“We’ll keep it anonymous, I’ll name one name. It was my first year so 2018, we’re still at Crandon Park and Nick Kyrgios [is a] huge story as he still is always,”

“We’ve got him on Stadium and another player that was far more accomplished - not a Grand Slam champion but a Masters 1000 champion - a very, very top player. And he was on Grandstand.”

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“He was pretty unhappy about that and so he had someone from his team come and say ‘Hey, so and so is really upset and he wants to talk to you.’ So I go to the locker room and he’s like, ‘What is this BS? He hasn’t accomplished this. Look at my resume and look at his resume.’”

“I was like, ‘Look, we put him out on one of the outside courts for doubles and we actually had a security risk because we had so many people crushing to get there. The only option is we’ve got to put him on stadium. It’s just such a big story we’ve got to do it. I’m really, really sorry,” Blake said. “He was p***ed but he got over it,” the former world No. 4 concluded.