We can never recover lives lost: Nick Kyrgios reveals the reason behind opting out of US Open


We can never recover lives lost: Nick Kyrgios reveals the reason behind opting out of US Open

Nick

Nick Kyrgios

Recently, Nick Kyrgios confirmed that he will not be participating in the US Open and now the Australian has been vocal about the reason behind it. Other than tennis, Nick is known for his super bold and straight-forward statements, the World No.40 had withdrawn his name because of the rising coronavirus cases and in honor of the “hundreds and thousands of Americans” who have died from COVID-19.

ADVERTISEMENT

There have been a number of exhibition events held, and Kyrgios had criticized players who have continued to play exhibition tournaments in the past several months, chastising them for “dancing on tables, money-grabbing your way around Europe, trying to make a quick buck hosting an exhibition.”

The most high-profile one organized by No.1 ranked Novak Djokovic was the Adria tour which turned upside down, eventually risking countless lives. Kyrgios described the decision of the 17 time Slam champion, to go ahead with the exhibition as “boneheaded”.

In an Instagram post today, Nick said that ”he had no problem with the United States Tennis Association proceeding with its plans to hold the tournament, But he cited health and safety concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic”.

ADVERTISEMENT

This Thursday, World No.1 Ash Barty also said that with this global health cricis going on she is not comfortable traveling. She also mentioned that she has not decided yet whether to defend her French Open title and will decide that in the coming weeks.

Nick on skipping US Open

“I will not be playing this year at the U.S. Open. It hurts me at my core not to be out there competing in one of the sport’s greatest arenas, Arthur Ashe Stadium,” Kyrgios said in the video.

“But I’m sitting out for the people, for my Aussies, for the hundreds and thousands of Americans that have lost their lives, for all of you. It’s my decision. We can rebuild our sport and the economy, but we can never recover lives lost,” he concluded.

Also Read Nick Kyrgios confirms skipping US Open 2020

ADVERTISEMENT