Wimbledon: Tomljanovic furious after a question about her ex-boyfriend Nick Kyrgios, accused of domestic assault

Ajla Tomljanovic lost this Wednesday in 3 sets against Kazakhe Rybakina in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon.

But, if the fight on the court lasted nearly two hours, the Australian player was surprised by the first question she was asked at a press conference, relating to extra-sporting matters in which she is not directly involved. involved.

Nick Kyrgios, who qualified for his first grand slam semi-final on Wednesday, is accused of domestic assault on his former girlfriend.

He will appear before the Canberra Magistrate's Court on August 2 in order to explain himself on facts which date back to December 2021.

“I was not the victim of violence”

Kyrgios and Tomljanovic had a two-year relationship dating back over 5 years.

The Australian player initially answered the journalist's question: "It's been a while since our relationship ended.

I have always kept our relationship very private.

I would like it to stay that way.

Of course, I am against domestic violence.

But I didn't have that experience with him.

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Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of playing my quarterfinals that that was the first question the journalist chose to ask me, and never proceeded to ask anything match related.

Glad to see headlines mostly about that now.

Do better 😤 https://t.co/ygoUDe1XBb

— Ajla Tomljanovic (@Ajlatom) July 6, 2022

This Thursday morning, the day after this episode, Ajla Tomljanovic posted a message on social networks, bitter: "Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of play in the quarter-finals, it was the first question that the journalist chose to ask me, and that he never asked anything else related to the game.

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Before concluding, visibly angry with the media.

“Glad to see that the media are primarily interested in this... Do better”.