‘Do I tell him how to act?’ – Nick Kyrgios drags actor Ben Stiller into row with fan at Indian Wells

ByBen Snowball

Updated 18/03/2022 at 09:09 GMT

It was the double-act we didn’t know we needed: Nick Kyrgios and Ben Stiller. Kyrgios amusingly dragged the American A-lister into an argument with a fan during his clash with Rafael Nadal at Indian Wells. Stiller, who has starred in a host of classic films including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Zoolander and the Night of the Museum trilogy, took the incident in good humour.

Nick Kyrgios dragged Hollywood star Ben Stiller into a row with a spectator during his stormy defeat to Rafael Nadal at Indian Wells.

The Aussie initially snapped at someone in the crowd as he prepared to serve during the deciding set in the quarter-final clash.

“Are you playing? Are you good at tennis? Exactly, so why are you speaking?,” he began.

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Kyrgios then gestured towards Zoolander and Dodgeball star Stiller.

“Do I tell him how to act? No.”

The camera then panned to Stiller, who let out a grin in the front row.

The Aussie was the villain of the piece as he was docked a penalty point for telling the crowd to “shut the f*** up” during the first set tie-break, while he also narrowly missed a ball boy with a racquet smash.

Kyrgios lost 7-6(0) 5-7 6-4 to Nadal, who extended his winning start in 2022 to 19 matches.

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