Nick Kyrgios of Eagles returns the shot to Grigor Dimitrov of Falcons during a lucifer of Day 3 of the World Tennis League astatine Coca-Cola Arena successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates, connected Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Nick Kyrgios, the maverick and outspoken tennis star, is making a comeback astatine the Brisbane Open adjacent month. However, helium has already fired a salvo astatine the existent procreation of players.
The 29-year-old, who has been disconnected the circuit due to the fact that of injury-related issues, said that successful the station Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal era, tennis was getting a spot boring. He besides said helium hated that astir of the existent players are large buddies with each other.
In a chat with Nova 100’s Jase and Lauren vigor show, Kyrgios said that the satellite of tennis was ‘bland’ adjacent arsenic Novak Djokovic, the past of the Big 3, is successful the twilight zone.
“I deliberation it’s a precise absorbing clip astatine the infinitesimal successful the tennis world,” helium said. Obviously, we see, you know, Djokovic, I deliberation we could each accidental he’s astatine the process extremity of his career. He’s inactive a phenomenal player. But Nadal, literally, today, officially, his past ever clip we’re going to spot him connected the court. Federer is gone. So look, there’s immoderate astonishing players inactive retired there, but I deliberation the game’s a spot bland astatine the moment,” Kyrgios said successful the chat.
Kyrgios, known to telephone a spade a spade, besides said helium was irritated with the ‘friendship’ among tennis players.
“And, you know, everyone’s liking each other, and everyone’s friends with each other. And I just, I hatred that s**t, to beryllium honest. Everyone’s everyone’s champion mate,” the Australian tennis prima added successful the vigor amusement chat.