Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios admitted he made a mistake and added he made amends after he was called out by a Sydney resident for parking his lime green Tesla Model X car in a marked car share zone.
This week, a resident of the inner Sydney suburb of Zetland took to Facebook to ask other residents what he should do after noticing that a tennis star was parking his car in a car share zone.
The resident didn’t want to name Kyrgios but it didn’t take long for others to figure out about who he was talking about.
In his post, the resident posted a series of picture of the Tesla car Kyrgios owns.
“Looking for some advice here, it’s a tricky one, we have a car share allocated spot right out the front of our apartment building,” the resident said, as quoted on news.com.au.
“Recently a very well known famous and quite notorious tennis player has decided that he is somehow entitled to park in it with his own vehicle.
“I don’t want to name and shame the guy but he’s very famous and parks in this car share space almost nightly, meaning that anybody that has a Go Get or Car Next Door vehicle has no option to park there, as you can see the other night our friends had to park their Car Next Door vehicle illegally behind him as he had parked his car in the dedicated car share space?”
Kyrgios accepted his mistake
“Should I just let this guy go because he’s an elite athlete?” the resident asked.
“Not that a $400 fines (sic) going to impact his bank account by any means, but it’s more based on principle and setting a good example.
“Especially when car share is all about minimising pollution, traffic and congestion.
“No doubt I’ll get a few trolls on here but I just thought it a reasonable question to put forward on this group.”
Kyrgios is in Sydney, where he has been spending some time with his girlfriend Costeen Hatzi and her family.
Once the post spread, Hatzi’s sister Mary defended Kyrgios by saying he didn’t know that it was a car share spot and added that he would move his car.
Later, Kyrgios responded in a clip uploaded on his social media.
“I’ve parked in the right spot, I’ve made amends,” Kyrgios said in the clip posted on his social media.
“Sorry for my inconvenient parking for one day, I’ve parked in the right spot. We’re in the middle of an NRL season guys so let’s talk about other sporting athletes, not where I’m parking … it’s all good now.”