KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Nick Kyrgios scored a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over Andrey Kuznetsov to reach his first-everMasters 1000 quarterfinal at the Miami Open. But as is his usual style, he couldn’t doit without incident.

Down 0-3 and on serve, Kyrgios slapped at a ball tossed to him by a,causing the ball to land in the stands to the side of the court. Umpire Cedric Mourier immediately issued a warning for ball abuse.

Kyrgios won that game, and broke to win the next game, before getting into an argument with Mourier during the changeover.

“She threw a ball at me, how is that a code?” he said first.

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“No, that’s bull. You know it too,” Kyrgios went on. “Anyone else, like if Rafa did that, nah, nah you’d keep it cool. Keep it cool. This game is biased as anything. You all know it as well.

We all know what happened the last time the 20-year-old uttered a fellow player’s name on-court…

“It’s biased as s* this game,” he added. “What else has it got to hide? It’s ruined.Absolutely ruined.”It’s far from the first time Kyrgios has partaken in a rantand won the match. The Aussie just can’t seem to help himself, but at least his game is catching up to his mouth.