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Krygios: Bad boy or entertainer?

Nick Kyrgios has called former Australian Olympic swimming champion Dawn Fraser "a blatant racist" after she claimed the country's tennis stars should be setting a better example or "go back where their parents came from". Fraser has since apologised.
Kyrgios is of Greek and Malaysian heritage and was born in Canberra. He's split opinion at Wimbledon 2015 as one of the brightest young talents, but outspoken and a huge character on court.
He was accused by the press of giving up or "tanking" a game during the second set of his defeat against Richard Gasquet.
We'll hear about the reaction in Australia in a moment, but first here's what Fraser said about Kyrgios on an Australian TV show...

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