Nick Kyrgios’ court docket date for assault cost by ex-girlfriend pushed by 3 weeks

Australian tennis participant Nick Kyrgios’ court docket date referring to a standard assault cost has been pushed again by three weeks, media reported on Friday.

Australian Capital Territory Policing beforehand mentioned the cost was in relation to an incident in December 2021. Australian media mentioned it was associated to a grievance made by a former companion of the participant.

Kyrgios, requested concerning the cost at a information convention on the Wimbledon championship in London this month, mentioned his lawyer had suggested him to not remark presently.

His lawyer didn’t instantly reply to request for remark.

The 27-year-old Kyrgios, who completed runner-up at Wimbledon, was scheduled to seem earlier than a Canberra court docket subsequent Tuesday however the matter will now be heard on Aug. 23, the Australian Associated Press mentioned.

Kyrgios, ranked forty seventh on the earth, is scheduled to play at subsequent month’s Western & Southern Open, the Masters 1000 occasion in Cincinnati, Ohio, which can begin two weeks earlier than the U.S. Open begins in New York on Aug. 29.