Nick Kyrgios gives a befitting reply to Iga Swiatek’s prediction of him losing against Felix Auger Aliassime
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Nick Kyrgios and Iga Swiatek
Australian World No.22 Nick Kyrgios come up with a reply tweet to Iga Swiatek’s take that Felix Auger Aliassime has a better chance against him. The Polish World No.1 Iga Swiatek is teaming up with the Canadian World No.6 in the ongoing World Tennis League, Dubai and she was asked a question after winning against Caroline Garcia 6-3,6-4.
The interviewer asked the Polish that who had a better chance in her teammate’s next match and she said, “I think Felix is the one who is more solid, so he got this.” To this, Kyrgios replied back after winning his doubles with Bianca Andreescu against Holger Rune and Eugenie Bouchard, “I also got off a flight from Australia yesterday morning” with some LOL smileys.
The Australian lost to the Canadian anyway as the Polish predicted 5-7 3-6. This also took the Canadian’s team “Kites” to a 35-27 lead over Kyrgios’ “Eagles“.
Nick Kyrgios and Iga Swiatek had their career-best seasons in 2022
After the shocking retirement of 2022 Australian Open champion Ash Barty in march, the WTA tour witnessed almost a “one-woman show” of the 21-year-old Polish World No.1 Iga Swiatek. Her 2022 dominance resembles the prime of Serena Williams. She finished the season with a whopping number of 8 singles titles out of 17 she played including two Grand Slams.
The Polish had surpassed 11000 points this season. The difference between her and the second-ranked Tunisian Ons Jabeur is more than the total points of the Tunisian. This difference itself shows the dominance the Polish had on the tour this season. Her win-loss record is 67-9 this season.
Nick Kyrgios had a great 2022 season. 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. He 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.
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