OK, chair umpire, you've got some questions on this one...

Anyone who follows match-fixing knows that, at best, tennis is a close second to soccer in the amount of match-fixing going on in the sport.

So someone, I think, has some explaining to do.

One of the biggest bad boys in tennis is Nick Kyrgios, and he has been sanctioned several times for his conduct, including, if I recall correctly, a rather lengthy suspension.

Fast forward to today's second-round match, where the 30th-seeded Kyrgios is struggling in the heat, apparently...  He is down a set and a break -- during the changeover at 4-6, 0-3 down, the chair umpire, Mohamed Lahyani, came off the chair to speak to Kyrgios.

Original belief was that Lahyani was ready to invoke the "best effort" clause of the rules against Kyrgios (and it wouldn't be the first time)...

But Ben Rothenburg, a tennis writer for the New York Times, thought he heard something...  quite suspicious.

Among things Lahyani can be heard saying:

"I want to help you, I want to help you."

"I've seen your matches: you're great for tennis."

"I can see that; I know this is not you."

An umpire giving a pep talk that correlates to a reversal in a match is *insane*, even for tennis.

— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) August 30, 2018

As you see, Rothenburg does not believe this was a situation where Kyrgios was an active situation within it.

Rothenburg is right, as were a number of his respondents:  Lahyani should've been removed -- and the rest of the match investigated for match-fixing on the part of the umpire...

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE KYRGIOS WON.

He rallied from 0-3 down to win the second set in a tiebreak.  Won the next two sets 6-3, 6-0 for the 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-0 win.