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Verdasco, the 31st seed, became annoyed during
his 3-6 6-4 7-6(4) win over Thanasi Kokkinakis and even argued
with the Australian qualifier in the deciding set when he
accused his opponent's father of talking during his serves.
Kyrgios, who has a reputation on the tennis circuit for being
outspoken, took to Twitter to weigh in on the happenings at
Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida.
"I hope TK wins this match, Verdasco is the saltiest dude, must
be frustrated at his past success against Aussies," Kyrgios
wrote in a Twitter post he has since deleted.
World number 39 Verdasco does indeed have a poor record against
Australian players, his most recent loss to a competitor from
Down Under coming at the hands of teenager Alex de Minaur in the
first round at the Sydney International in January.
Verdasco, who could face Krygios in the Miami semi-finals, felt
the need to respond after his nearly three-hour match and wrote,
"when you have the courage to put a tweet insulting another
player you need to have the same to don’t delete it."
Kyrgios, who enjoyed a speedy 6-3 6-3 win on Monday to reach the
fourth round, was not about to let the spat end there and fired
off one final message:
"I would honestly have told it to Fernando's face, the reason I
deleted my previous tweet was because I didn't want to cause
unwanted attention, but I'm just gonna leave this here. Thanks
for blocking me, I'm sure that took a lot of courage x."
Verdasco will be in back in action on Tuesday when he faces
fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, the 16th seed. Kyrgios will
battle German fourth seed Alexander Zverev.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Nick
Mulvenney)
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