Nick Kyrgios’s Tesla allegedly stolen from mother at gunpoint – tennis star uses app to track car for police

Officers chase bright green vehicle after gunman raided the sportsman’s family home in Canberra, Australia, court documents say

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Tennis star Nick Kyrgios helped police by using a phone app to remotely track his Tesla after it was stolen from his mother at gunpoint on Monday morning.

Kygrios was inside his family’s Canberra home about 8.30am when a masked man wearing all black knocked on the front door, describing himself as “Chris”.

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