Nick Kyrgios sides with Serena Williams in the GOAT debate ditching Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Margaret Court
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Serena Williams and Nick Kyrgios
Playing in the final tournament of her career, Serena Williams is into the 3rd round of the 2022 US Open and so is Nick Kyrgios, the 23rd seed in the men’s singles. Both players confirmed their spot on Day 3 of the tournament as the major continues to enthral fans with non-stop action in Flushing Meadows.
Kyrgios defeated Benjamin Bonzi over 4-sets while Serena got the better of World No. 2 and the second seeded Anett Kontaveit in 3-sets in a brilliant comeback win after the first set went into the tiebreaker where clutch Serena was seen in action once on the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“I’m just going to say, Serena Williams,”: Nick Kyrgios
While Serena played in the first match of the evening session on Arthur Ashe, Nick was in action on Louis Armstrong Stadium in the final match of the morning session. With the hype around Serena being quite big given it’s her farewell tournament, Kyrgios was also questioned in his press conference about his thoughts on the American and more importantly whom he considers the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) on the WTA Tour.
“I’d say, Serena, no? Who do you think?” said Kyrgios answering the journalist’s question who responded with the names of Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Margaret Court to draw up more comparisons from the Australian in the discussion but Nick kept it short and said, “There’s so much I want to say, but I’m just going to say, Serena, yeah.”
Kyrgios has been respectful toward Serena always and considering the statistics between the players mentioned by the journalists, one could always pick Serena who has won 23 Grand Slam titles over her glorious career all coming in the Open Era. With only Court ahead of Serena with 24 majors won in both Amateur and Open Era, Serena is often considered the GOAT and Nick’s reply is just in line with that.
However, with Nick reserving himself from further comments could certainly be a big thing to ponder upon as the Australian rarely ever holds himself back from speaking his heart out.
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