Wimbledon quarter-finalist Nick Kyrgios has been summonsed to court in Australia next month to face a charge of common assault, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Police said.
The world number 40, who is due to play in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Wednesday, will appear at the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) Magistrates’ Court at 9.30am on August 2, according to court listings.
A police statement said: “ACT Policing can confirm a 27-year-old Watson man is scheduled to face the ACT Magistrates court on the 2nd of August in relation to one charge of common assault following an incident in December 2021.”
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His barrister Jason Moffett said the charge was “in the context of a domestic relationship”.
He said: “The nature of the allegation is serious, and Mr Kyrgios takes the allegation very seriously,
"Given the matter is before the court ... he doesn't have a comment at this stage, but in the fullness of time we'll issue a media release," he told the Canberra Times in Australia.