Elias wallops ball, sparks Twitter spat

It’s not like Nick Kyrgios to find himself in the middle of a Twitter squabble. But that’s exactly what happened when he passed comment on this incident in the match between Gastao Elias and Horacio Zeballos.

Elias slammed a ball into the crowd, causing umpire Carlos Bernardes to remind him of the time when Denis Shapovalov accidentally hit an umpire in the eye during a fit of pique.

Elias throws a ball
Bernardes. "If you do the same thing that the other 'unlucky' did… Don't do that. You are not like that, I know you". pic.twitter.com/uLniiMWakh

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) March 23, 2017

After seeing the incident, Nick Kyrgios responded with the tweet:

Fine him. We can't be having this behaviour on tour. https://t.co/RCJjV70DBM

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) March 23, 2017

Elias, who lost the match 6-7(2) 6-2 7-5, seemed to take umbrage at Kyrgios’ intervention, urging the Aussie to mind his own business:

@NickKyrgios leave the people in charge to decide, I don't think you're the right person to so.

— Gastão Elias (@GastaoElias) March 23, 2017