Kyrgios slams 'racist' Fraser

Nick Kyrgios has accused Olympic great Dawn Fraser of being a "blatant racist" after the former champion swimmer said tennis players should "go back to where their parents came from" if they did not set a better example to Australian youth.

Fraser, after initially standing by her comments and denying they were racist, later issued an "unreserved apology for any comments ... which may have caused offense to my fellow Australians including Nick and his family".

Kyrgios was the subject of a barrage of criticism back home for his on-court antics when he was beaten by Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon on Monday.