Nick Kyrgios has been away from the tennis courts for over a year, but the Australian tennis player has managed to take centre stage in the same way, as a commentator for Eurosport in the Majors and with a lot of controversies. Nick is one of the most talented tennis players on Tour, but he has only managed to put a part of his immense talent on the court, for several reasons, one of which – as he himself admitted – is his poor propensity for training.
Nick was interviewed by the Tennis Insider Club podcast and discussed many topics, admitting that he never trained much in his career, but emphasizing that he was able to beat Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, in his career.
“I never thought about becoming a professional, I started playing at seven and I got to about 15, I climbed the rankings, and I became number 1 in the world juniors. I certainly never thought I was at the level of Federer and Nadal. At 17 I won a Challenger and I noticed that very few had done it, I think Dimitrov, Federer or Raonic and I laughed. I don’t think the Big 3 ever thought they could lose to me. I think they look back and think about how the hell we managed to lose to me, I wasn’t very professional and I certainly wasn’t dedicated to tennis. It was the beginning of my career,” he analyzed.
Wimbledon finalist, Nick has recently ended up at the center of controversy for his personal battle with Jannik Sinner and the failure to suspend the Italian after he tested positive for clostebol. For the Australian, not everyone has had the same rights and, in the past, athletes who have experienced the same situation as the Italian have faced disqualification. These words have split the social media: some have sided with the Australian, others obviously with the Italian. In addition to this, the Australian was the protagonist of a truly embarrassing joke towards Anna Kalinskaya, Sinner’s girlfriend and Nick’s ex-girlfriend.
Even before the US Open final, Kyrgios wanted to throw a few digs at Jannik Sinner, still referring to the usual doping issue. The Australian first published a poll to understand who, according to his followers, would have won the final act of the American Slam using two not very nice emojis in the line dedicated to Sinner. Emojis depicting a bottle of ointment and a hand with a pair of gloves with a clear allusion to the affair that has involved Sinner in recent months.
To a user who posted an old photo of him and Anna Kalinskaya, his ex-girlfriend, Kyrgios responded – thinking about the relationship between the Russian and Sinner – with an embarrassing and shameful: “Second serve”
Sinner, in the end, won the second Major of his career at the US Open by beating Taylor Fritz in three sets. Right at the end of the match between the Italian and the American, Kyrgios wrote a new tweet ignoring the winner and consoling the loser: “Head held high, champ. It’s been an incredible two weeks. You should be extremely proud of yourself.”
In the meantime, Kyrgios’ return to the court was finally a reality, a few weeks ago. Although not in an official event, the Australian will step onto a tennis court again, more than a year after he stepped onto the court, losing, in Stuttgart, defeated by the Chinese Yibing Wu. A moment of great joy for the Canberra tennis player, who tasted the court again during the US Open Fan Week, for an exhibition doubles match, which took place a few weeks ago and was organized by the UTS in New York on August 22.
“I know it’s been a long time. But my body is finally ready to get back on the court and have some fun. I want to see if I can still take on some of the best players in the world, starting with my old rival Casper Ruud. Casper, please go easy on me. I can’t wait to get on the court, in front of all those amazing fans, and hopefully I can give some more life to this sport,” said Kyrgios, a few days ago, before the event.
In recent months, Nik has retraced the various stages of approaching his return to the court through his social media channels, documenting his fans with several videos. One of these is a training phase in which he showed all his progress, renewing his desire to return to the court as soon as possible.
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