Nick Kyrgios has always had a penchant for controversy.The Australian is probably the moodiest chap on the ATP Tour and is known for some spectacular temper tantrums throughout his young career.There is no questioning his talent though, with the 22-year-old boasting some incredible scalps in his time, with victories over the likes of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.Sadly, it has not been Kyrgios’ tennis exploits that have seen him making headline after headline and after the third round at the Miami Open, that looks to be the case yet again, and all over a game he wasn’t even playing in.Roger Federer vanquisher Thanasi Kokkinakis took on Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in what turned into quite a heated battle.In a tight affair, Verdasco accused someone in the crowd of talking and deliberately distracting him during play.However, what Verdasco did not know was that the man he was accusing was Kokkinakis’ father and the 21-year-old Australian was not best pleased with what Verdasco had to say.It descended into quite the row as the two competitors exchanged verbals on the side of the court.“He wasn’t disrespecting you, that’s my dad, so that’s affecting me,” Kokkinakis said as the duo began to argue.Verdasco however, was adament that he had not accused Kokkinakis’ dad, but someone else sitting in the same vicinity.Unfortunately, that excuse fell on deaf ears after Verdasco pointed out that the man he was actually accusing was “the guy on the left with the hat” who was in fact Kokkinakis’ father.“That’s my f***ing dad,” Kokkinakis snapped.Then, like a moth to a controversy coloured flame Nick Kyrgios took to Twitter to slam Verdasco’s behaviour.In a since deleted Tweet Kyrgios was quoted as saying : “I hope TK [Thanasi Kokkinakis] wins this match, Verdasco is the saltiest dude, must be frustrated at his past success against Aussies.”Verdasco managed to see the tweet before Kyrgios could delete it, however, and was quick to fire back with a response of his own.

“When you have the courage to put a tweet insulting another player you need to have the same to don’t delete it.” said Verdasco

Then, having cruised through his own third round match-up Kyrgios simply couldn’t resist a response.

“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” Kyrgios replied.

Wouldn’t it be convenient if the two met later in the tournament and could settle this dispute the way it should be - on court.