Nick Kyrgios defends exhibition events while criticizing the ATP-250 events for ‘Diluting’ tennis
Nick Kyrgios engaged in an argument on Twitter over the claim that exhibition events in tennis make the sport "diluted".
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Australian World No.22 Nick Kyrgios defends the exhibition events during an argument on Twitter. He replied to a tweet criticizing exhibition events for diluting tennis. Kyrgios instead slammed ATP-250 tournaments played “week in week out” for that. He also opined that money also matters in participating in exhibition events.
As quoted by Kyrgios, “I’m sure if you got offered 6 figures to play the game you love week in (and) week out, you would. These exo’s have the biggest stars in the world Kinda like an ALL-STAR game. I would have to suggest that these 250’s week in week out could have an impact of the game being ‘diluted’… I would say an event around the world with players like Novak & I aren’t killing the game.”
Novak Djokovic earlier named the World Tennis League as the most joyful tournament he played ever. The Serbian’s opinion might have been formed by the recency bias as well with a troublesome year he had in terms of covid vaccine mandates,
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Nick Kyrgios played his best-ever tennis in 2022
The 2022 season was great for Nick Kyrgios. He was able to share the Wimbledon center court in the finals against the Serbian World No.5 Novak Djokovic despite losing it in 4 sets. The Australian also won his maiden Grand Slam tournament this year with Thanasi Kokkinakis in the Australian Open doubles. He was ranked outside the top 100 in January this year but climbed back inside the top 30.
Kyrgios was looking in great shape at the US Open this year. His dream run included a victory over defending champion Daniil Medvedev. But another Russian Karen Khachanov shattered him in a 5-set-thriller in the quarter-finals. The Australian was at least expected to be in the finals after some master class serving throughout the tournament. But one-off day cost him a great chance.
The Australian also qualified with Thanasi Kokkinakis as the 8th seed for playing doubles in the ATP finals, Turin. This was the first time he has qualified for the ATP finals in any category. They lost in the Round Robin stage itself after losing 2 out of their 3 matches though. If the Australian can keep his head straight and focus on his game on the court, we might see him playing in ATP finals singles shortly and also winning a slam. In a way, he might retire in 2023 itself.
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