Australia's Nick Kyrgios bites his shirt during his third round match against Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File photo
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian number one Nick Kyrgios was unlikely to have been selected for the Rio de Janeiro Games due to his behaviour even if he had wanted to play tennis for his country, according to Olympic team boss Kitty Chiller.
Chef de mission Chiller also criticised Tennis Australia for backing Kyrgios, saying she found it "difficult" to accept that the governing body could regard the hot-headed 21-year-old an "athlete of good standing".
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