Nick Kyrgios pulls out of Australia's Rio 2016 Olympics team, slams AOC's 'unjust treatment'.

Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of the running for a spot at the Rio 2016 Olympics due to the Australian Olympic Committee’s (AOC) “unfair and unjust treatment” of him.

Kyrgios has been embroiled in a war of words with Australia’s chef de mission Kitty Chiller, who has voiced concerns over selecting Kyrgios due to his on-court behaviour.

But Kyrgios has made the AOC’s decision for it, saying he would not be available for selection.

“AOC’s unfair and unjust treatment of me over the last four weeks, as well as the organisation’s crystal clear position on whether they want me to be a part of the Australian Olympic team, has solidified my final decision,” Kyrgios said in a statement on his website.

“While I have received assurances from Tennis Australia that I will be nominated for the Olympic team, the AOC has chosen to publicly and privately disparage me.

“Not one member of the AOC has reached out to me, my family, my team, or representatives of Tennis Australia, asking for a meeting or the opportunity to discuss their concerns.

“The AOC’s unwarranted attacks on me demonstrate the organisation’s inability to understand the circumstances surrounding highly competitive sports.

“I also don’t want the AOC’s treatment of me to become a distraction and negatively affect the Australian Olympic team.”

Tennis Australia president Steve Healy said the organisation “totally supports” Kyrgios’s decision and his right to make it, claiming the AOC put him in a bad position.

“We understand Nick’s decision and totally support him and his right to make it,” Healy said.

“But we are very disappointed that he has been put in this position.

“Nick is a passionate competitor and he’s working hard to learn and mature in a highly pressurised environment where he is under constant public scrutiny.

“As we’ve said recently Nick’s performances this year have improved. His growing maturity is reflected in his on court performance, with only world number one Novak Djokovic defeating more top ten players than Nick has this year.”

The AOC and Chiller responded to Kyrgios’s decision in a statement, pointing out no players had been nominated or selected yet.

Chiller said every athlete had been treated fairly.

“At this point, Nick Kyrgios, or any other tennis athlete, has not been nominated for selection on the Australian Olympic Team,” Chiller said.

“In regard to selection every athlete in contention is treated equally and fairly.

“We have no further comment on this issue.”

Kyrgios said he was “extremely disappointed” to have to make this decision after planning much of his 2016 schedule around the Rio Games, but hopes he can compete in four years’ time.

“I am grateful to Tennis Australia for standing by me through this process and nominating me for the team. I also want to thank the public and the members of the media who have voiced their support,” he said.

“I am a proud Australian and have always loved representing my country. I am fortunate to be young enough to hopefully have a chance to wear the green and gold at the Olympics in the future. I hope that in four years I will find myself in the position to be a part of the Australian Olympic team.

“I would like to wish every athlete representing Australia the best of luck this August and will be following their progress and supporting and cheering them from afar.”

Chiller wanted Tomic and Kyrgios to rein in behaviour

Chiller had publicly criticised both Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic for their ongoing poor behaviour and had put them on notice, saying they needed to represent Olympic values to warrant Australian selection.

Tomic last month made himself unavailable for Olympic selection citing a heavy playing schedule.

Chiller was not bothered by Tomic’s withdrawal and then continued to put Kyrgios on notice, who had dared Chiller on social media to omit him from the Olympic team.

“I think his comments [on social media] show maybe he doesn’t really know what it means to be an Australian Olympian,” Chiller said.

“It’s not just about winning on the court, it is how you go about it.”

Just this week former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash had suggested Kyrgios needed to get off Twitter to which Kyrgios responed with a Tweet asking people to leave him alone.

Kyrgios made headlines as recently as the first round of the French Open when he received a code violation for asking for a towel too aggressively from a ball kid.

After receiving the infraction, Kyrgios accused the chair umpire of “unbelievable bias”.

This post originally appeared on ABC News.

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