Wimbledon ‘clown’ Andrew Castle hits back at Nick Kyrgios amid frosty reunion [Video]

British broadcaster Andrew Castle has issued a response to being labelled a ‘clown’ by Nick Kyrgios ahead of their frosty reunion at Wimbledon this year.

Tennis bad boy Kyrgios – a Wimbledon runner-up in the men’s singles two years ago – publicly slammed former British No.1 Castle during last year’s tense final.

Castle has been the BBC’s lead commentator on all men’s singles finals for two decades and this year’s tournament sees Kyrgios join as a rookie commentator.

It means the pair will be working together less than 12 months after Kyrgios called him a ‘clown’ on social media and laughed at his professional record as a player.

‘Whoever is the clown next to [Todd] Woodbridge in that commentator box needs to just not speak, spoiling the match big time,’ Kyrgios said.

One fan pointed out to Kyrgios that Castle ‘made the third round at Queen’s in 1986’ to which the Australian rebel added: ‘Hahaha amazing.’

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