<p class="title">Fernando Verdasco got into a Twitter spat with Australian Nick Kyrgios on Monday over a since-deleted post in which the latter expressed his desire for the Spaniard to lose his third round match at the Miami Open.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Verdasco, the 31st seed, became annoyed during his 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Thanasi Kokkinakis and even argued with the Australian qualifier in the deciding set when he accused his opponent's father of talking during his serves.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kyrgios, who has a reputation on the tennis circuit for being outspoken, took to Twitter to weigh in on the happenings at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I hope TK wins this match, Verdasco is the saltiest dude, must be frustrated at his past success against Aussies," Kyrgios wrote in a Twitter post he has since deleted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">World number 39 Verdasco does indeed have a poor record against Australian players, his most recent loss to a competitor from Down Under coming at the hands of teenager Alex de Minaur in the first round at the Sydney International in January.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Verdasco, who could face Krygios in the Miami semifinals, felt the need to respond after his nearly three-hour match and wrote, "when you have the courage to put a tweet insulting another player you need to have the same to don't delete it."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kyrgios, who enjoyed a speedy 6-3, 6-3 win on Monday to reach the fourth round, was not about to let the spat end there and fired off one final message:</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I would honestly have told it to Fernando's face, the reason I deleted my previous tweet was because I didn't want to cause unwanted attention, but I'm just gonna leave this here. Thanks for blocking me, I'm sure that took a lot of courage x."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Verdasco will be in back in action on Tuesday when he faces fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, the 16th seed. Kyrgios will battle German fourth seed Alexander Zverev.</p>
<p class="title">Fernando Verdasco got into a Twitter spat with Australian Nick Kyrgios on Monday over a since-deleted post in which the latter expressed his desire for the Spaniard to lose his third round match at the Miami Open.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Verdasco, the 31st seed, became annoyed during his 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Thanasi Kokkinakis and even argued with the Australian qualifier in the deciding set when he accused his opponent's father of talking during his serves.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kyrgios, who has a reputation on the tennis circuit for being outspoken, took to Twitter to weigh in on the happenings at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I hope TK wins this match, Verdasco is the saltiest dude, must be frustrated at his past success against Aussies," Kyrgios wrote in a Twitter post he has since deleted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">World number 39 Verdasco does indeed have a poor record against Australian players, his most recent loss to a competitor from Down Under coming at the hands of teenager Alex de Minaur in the first round at the Sydney International in January.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Verdasco, who could face Krygios in the Miami semifinals, felt the need to respond after his nearly three-hour match and wrote, "when you have the courage to put a tweet insulting another player you need to have the same to don't delete it."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kyrgios, who enjoyed a speedy 6-3, 6-3 win on Monday to reach the fourth round, was not about to let the spat end there and fired off one final message:</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I would honestly have told it to Fernando's face, the reason I deleted my previous tweet was because I didn't want to cause unwanted attention, but I'm just gonna leave this here. Thanks for blocking me, I'm sure that took a lot of courage x."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Verdasco will be in back in action on Tuesday when he faces fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, the 16th seed. Kyrgios will battle German fourth seed Alexander Zverev.</p>