19 January 2023 , 13:37
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Nick Kyrgios has been filmed supposedly 'grabbing his girlfriend Costeen Hatzi's boobs' at this year's Australian Open tournament.
The footage was captured on a behind the scenes clip and has since been posted on social media with plenty having their say. The clip shows the pair walking through the players' warm-up area at Melbourne Park side-by-side.
Kyrgios then proceeds to walk behind Hatzi before putting his arms over her shoulders and then grabbing her chest. One tennis fan was quick to post the video on social media, as at @SlayorFritz uploaded it onto Twitter along with the caption: "... no comment."
Fans then flocked to the video, with Twitter user @youngnnik responding: "Why is he doing that in the middle of the hallway," before @tennisera went on to add: "Like the most annoying couple in a high school hallway."
Many were left questioning why the tennis star was still attending the tournament, after Kyrgios was forced to withdraw from the Australian Open ahead of the event due to injury.
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The 27-year-old was forced to pull out of the men's singles draw, as well as the doubles meaning he is unable to defend his Australian Open title alongside partner Thanasi Kokkinakis. Kyrgios confirmed his withdrawal came after needing knee surgery.
Revealing he was devastated at pulling out, he said: "I’m devastated, obviously. It’s my home tournament, I’ve had some great memories here – obviously last year winning the title in doubles and playing the best tennis of my life probably.
Nick Kyrgios was spotted on camera with Costeen HatziThen going into this event as one of the favourites, it’s brutal. It always goes back to the last grand slam I played, the US Open … I was extremely hard on myself after that loss in the quarter-finals, thinking that I could win it from there on.
"I just had the Aus Open on the back of my mind from that day forth as soon as I got off the court against [Karen] Khachanov. I always wanted to just do everything right and train right and tick every box, and just be ready for the Aus Open.”