“I would have just let the ATP ship sink,” Nick Kyrgios ready to jump on the Saudi money amid potential link-up talks

Kyrgios is in favor of abandoning the current ATP tour for the Saudi Arabia breakaway tour for better financial gains.

“I would have just let the ATP ship sink,” Nick Kyrgios ready to jump on the Saudi money amid potential link-up talks

Nick Kyrgios (Credits: SportsPro Media)

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios recently expressed his desire and intention of readily being a part of the potential breakaway tour sponsored by Saudi Arabia. World No.192 does not shy away from speaking his mind and without any hesitation stated his motives for readily breaking away from the ATP Tour and joining the rumored Saudi Arabian tour due to better financial opportunities in that nation.

Stating his opinion on a potential breakaway tour, the Australian also added, 

I would have been the first one to jump off. I would have gone. I would have just let the ATP ship sink.
Nick Kyrgios via Express UK

While many active and former players have condemned this move by the ATP and the WTA for linking up and collaborating with Saudi Arabia to host important tennis tournaments and events in that nation, the 2022 Wimbledon finalist is in favor of this hypothetical move. He also stated how he would be the first one to ditch the ATP tour and join the other Saudi Arabian-sponsored tour solely for the monetary returns.

Saudi Arabia had already hosted the NextGen ATP Finals in Jeddah this year, with Hamad Medjedovic lifting the trophy for the first time in his career. Next, the nation is also planning to host the 2024 WTA Finals. However, many female players and former tennis players feel this decision is harmful.

ATP and Saudi Arabia are in talks about a hosting another event or breakaway tour in the nation

The ATP and the tennis officials in Saudi Arabia have been in a talk for a long concerning the setting up of a separate event in the nation. While the ATP chief, Andrea Gaudenzi, has mentioned that the current calendar of the ATP is way too packed, he has also clearly stated how they would still try to work out a deal because of the excellent investment and revenue opportunities in the nation.

ATP and WTA in Saudi Arabia
ATP and WTA in Saudi Arabia (Credits: The Mirror)

This decision has upset many players and former players as well as the issue of safety of women’s rights come into the picture. A lot of players have looked at this as a financial gain for the tennis authorities and condemn this action by the ATP as well as the WTA.

It will be interesting to see how this deal goes and what the concerned authorities do to incorporate all these factors concerning the collaboration.

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