Kyrgios agrees to pay £20,000 to charity over “drunk” woman comment at Wimbledon

Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios has paid £20,000 to a leading children’s charity after admitting he was mistaken in claiming a fan whom he complained about during the final at this year’s Championships was drunk.

During his match with Novak Djokovic, the Australian told the umpire that a woman “looked like she has about 700 drinks” and she was briefly removed from Centre Court.

But after Anna Palus, the woman in question, brought a legal case, Kyrgios agreed to settle, apologising and paying a donation to charity.

“I told the umpire that a fan, who I now know to be Anna Palus, was distracting me during the match, believing that she was drunk,” Kyrgios said, in a statement released to media via Knight Temple Law, which represented Palus.

“I accept that belief was mistaken, and I apologise. To make amends, I have donated £20,000 to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, a charity chosen by Ms Palus. I will not be commenting on this matter again.”

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