Napoli and Scotland footballer Scott McTominay has revealed his friend was responsible for a viral Wimbledon moment shared every single year.
At the 2019 Championships, Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios was heckled by a fan in a video that regularly does the rounds on social media.
In a match against Jordan Thompson, a frustrated Kyrgios shouted out he couldn’t ‘buy a first serve’ before a second attempt clipped the net for a let.
One spectator, who turns out to be McTominay’s close friend, then made the crowd and Kyrgios himself erupt into laughter as he quipped: ‘You can’t buy a second serve!’
‘It gets recycled in our group chat every year!’
‘It was so good,’ McTominay said on talkSPORT. ‘It gets recycled in our group chat every year.’
Kyrgios, working as a tennis pundit for the sports radio station this year, replied: ‘I can’t believe it.
‘So the clip and then the guy who said, ‘Can’t buy a second serve’ – is your mate! That’s got to be one of the most played clips of all time.’
McTominay added: ‘Every year, Josh Coulthard. It comes around in our group chat every year. Always Wimbledon repost it. Shout out to Josh.
‘He loves his tennis – he goes everywhere all over the world, and watches and enjoys it. Yeah, what a guy, man.’
Kyrgios continued: ‘Shout out Josh, [he] created one of the best memes of all time.’
Nick Kyrgios calls for Hawk-Eye U-turn
Meanwhile, Kyrgios has urged Wimbledon to bring line judges back after a number of problems with the new electric line-calling technology.
There are no line judges at The All England Club for the first time in 148 years with the Hawk-Eye camera system introduced for this year’s event.
‘This has been two days now where there’s been malfunctions and things are happening,’ Kyrgios said.
‘I think arguably now we should just probably turn it off completely and maybe just get some line umpires for the rest of the tournament. I don’t know if that’s possible.
‘I really hope it doesn’t affect these high-level athletes and the level of tennis we’ve been seeing.
‘It would be really unfortunate to see if something like that determines a big point or determines a set, and really does ruin a match.’
