Nick Kyrgios Source: SITA/AP/Frank Franklin II NEW YORK – Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios complained about the smell, which he thought was marijuana, in the match of the 2nd round of the US Open Grand Slam tournament. He asked the empire referee to resolve the situation, but Jaume Campistol responded that it could be a breeze from the stadium’s kitchen. Kyrgios was also disturbed by the noise of the New York trains, but he managed to beat Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi 7:6 (3), 6:4, 4:6, 6:4. The Wimbledon finalist wanted Campistol to calm the crowd. Louis Armstrong Court has food stalls on the concourse level. “Shouldn’t you warn someone not to do that? I certainly wouldn’t complain about the smell of food,” the AP quoted Kyrgios as saying to the referee. The 27-year-old Australian recalled after the meeting that he is an asthmatic: “When I move from side to side, I have trouble breathing. The smell of marijuana is not what I need to feel between changes.” Nick Kyrgios just complained to the chair umpire at @usopen that he smelled marijuana coming from the crowd pic.twitter.com/eYDQXOb2rq — DannyDanko (@DannyDanko) August 31, 2022 During the duel, Kyrgios communicated with himself and with people in the audience. He received a warning for inappropriate vocabulary when he became angry with a member of his lodge whose encouragement he did not consider sufficient. In addition, his concentration was disturbed by the trains that run near the open court: “During my career I had problems with concentration, but I try to think exclusively about the next exchange and manage some situations. But here it is difficult, there are many distracting elements. Ironic ones don’t help either audience reactions, I have to be careful what I say.” Photo gallery for the article Number of photos: 4 Author: © Video list: Twitter/DannyDanko; Youtube: US Open Tennis Championships Source: TASR