Nick Kyrgios settles legal case with Wimbledon fan he accused of being ‘drunk out of her mind,’ her lawyers say
By Lisa Rogallo
Jan 18, 2019 | 6:08 PM
Jan 18, 2019 | 6:08 PM
Jan 18, 2019 | 6:08 PM
In the heat of the moment that day in February, 23-year-old Kylee Dufourn-Rohrbach felt something she shouldn’t. She had just completed a full racquet flip with teammate Casey Morace to help her reach the first set victory of the Australian Open. Yet, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right.
Hours later, on her way out of the locker room after a hard-fought defeat, Dufourn-Rohrbach said goodbye to her family, who had come to see her clinch her first career title. After walking to her coach’s office, a security guard said he was concerned.
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“She was very quiet,” he told CBS News. “She had some bags with her. She looked normal, but she didn’t open the bags. She didn’t have any of her stuff. You could see from the way she was walking and the way she was talking, she wasn’t feeling good.”
Kylee Dufourn-Rohrbach’s mother, Cindy, in a photo provided by CBS News
Dufourn-Rohrbach, an Ohio native, had not taken any of her own food or medicine and was running a low fever.
“And I was like, ‘Why isn’t my mom doing anything? Why isn’t she trying to get us food? Why isn’t she drinking water?’ She’s obviously not doing anything because she was just sitting in her room. I thought she was just taking care of herself.”
Dufourn-Rohrbach, who was a 21.6 points-per-game player for the American team during the Davis Cup and was named the No. 14 player in the world, was experiencing symptoms consistent with a mild influenza.
It was the spring of 2014, and Wimbledon would be her first major after a three-year hiatus.
“When I heard about people with influenza, I always made it a point not to play because I didn’t want to get sick on the court,” Dufourn-Rohrbach said.
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