Kyrgios Pleads Guilty to Assault, Has No Conviction Recorded

Kyrgios Pleads Guilty to Assault, Has No Conviction Recorded
Nick Kyrgios of Australia arrives for his match with Karen Khachanov during their Men’s Singles Quarterfinal match on Day Nine of the 2022 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Sept. 6, 2022. Julian Finney/Getty Images
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CANBERRA, Australia—Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios apologized for shoving a former girlfriend to the ground two years ago after he escaped conviction Friday on a charge of common assault.

The 2022 Wimbledon runner-up pleaded guilty in the Australian Capital Territory Magistrates Court to assaulting Chiara Passari during an argument in his hometown of Canberra in January 2021.