Tennis Australia has backed Nick Kyrgios in the ongoing issue of his inclusion in the Olympic team. Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic were recently put on notice by Australian chef de mission Kitty Chiller for poor behaviour.That came after Tomic drew heavy criticism following his exit from the Madrid Open when, on match point against Fabio Fognini, he held the racquet by the strings and did not offer a return to the Italians serve. Kyrgios has himself been heavily criticised for behaviour and was given a suspended ban and fine for making inappropriate comments about Stan Wawrinkas girlfriend in 2014. Chef de Mission of the Australian Olympic Team Kitty Chiller has warned Tomic and Kyrgios However, Tennis Australia president Steve Healy believes Kyrgios has been unfairly linked to Tomic and should be recognised for his improved behaviour.Healy said in a statement: Since the disciplinary action taken against Nick last year, hes made a concerted effort to improve his performance and behaviour, and full credit to him.Its unfortunate that hes been included unfairly in recent discussions on player behaviour that have not involved him. Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic have courted controversy with their behaviour His performances this year have been markedly improved and its obvious hes showing more maturity. Only world No 1 Novak Djokovic has beaten more top-10 players than Nick this year.Nick deserves the opportunity to concentrate on his tennis without any additional distractions.Tennis Australia has until late June to nominate its team for Rio, and after world No 22 Tomics announcement that he will be unable to represent Australia, world No 21 Kyrgios would be the countrys highest-ranked player available for the Games. Also See: Murray into Rome semis Tomic opts out of Rio Olympics Jose Martinez . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. The unidentified worker broke both legs and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Custom Ozzie Smith Jersey . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. http://www.custommlbcardinalsjersey.com/custom-giovanny-gallegos-jersey-large-871q.html . -- Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Alrdridge were again the go-to duo for the Trail Blazers against the Kings. Matt Wieters . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Michael Wacha .com) - Christian Ponder will get another chance to prove himself for the Minnesota Vikings, with head coach Leslie Frazier announcing Wednesday that the struggling quarterback will start this weekends game against the Green Bay Packers. The United States winning streak in the 100-meter backstroke continued Monday as Ryan Murphy won in an Olympic-record 51.97 seconds for the Americans sixth straight gold medal in the event.Chinas Jiayu Xu finished second (52.31), while 30-year-old American David Plummer took home bronze (52.40) at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Barras Olympic Park.Plummer, a first-time Olympian at age 30, became the fourth-oldest swimmer, male or female, to medal in a Games debut and the oldest to do so since 1912.Murphy, fourth at the turn,?rallied on the return leg with Australias Mitch Larkin setting the early pace.Larkin couldnt hold on and finished three-hundredths of a second behind Plummer.The Americans havent lost the mens 100 back since the 1992 Barcelona Games.Mens 200-meter freeestyleSun Yang of China defied those who complained about his doping past by winning a gold.ddddddddddddYang rallied from his customarily slow start to pass South Africas Chas le Clos and hold off American Conor Dwyer, touching the wall in 1 minute, 44.65 seconds.Le Clos, who recently announced that both of his parents are battling cancer, went out with a totally different strategy. He built a body-length lead over the entire field and tried to hang on. It nearly worked.But Yang surged to the front, and Le Clos took silver in 1:45.20.Dwyer claimed the bronze in 1:45.23.ESPN Stats & Information and The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '