'Wow What a Shame,' Nick Kyrgios Takes Sly Dig at Critics Forward of Novak Djokovic Exhibition Match

Final Up to date: January 11, 2023, 15:36 IST

Australian tennis participant Nick Kyrgios, well-known for his controversial acts, took a sly dig at his critics after it emerged that his pre-Australian Open exhibition match towards Novak Djokovic had offered out in lower than an hour.

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The match between Kyrgios and Djokovic is scheduled to be performed on the Rod Laver Area on Friday. A Melbourne-based journalist had tweeted that the much-talked-about fixture was offered out in 58 minutes. Kyrgios, upon seeing the put up, cheekily wrote, “Wow Nick Kyrgios is dangerous for the game! Wow, what a shame, a nationwide embarrassment! How dare he promote out one other stadium, the conceitedness.”

Wow Nick Kyrgios is dangerous for the game! Wow what a shame, a nationwide embarrassment! How dare he promote out one other stadium, the conceitedness https://t.co/Sn37U2nAjv— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) January 10, 2023
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Tickets have been priced at $20 and proceeds are slated to go to the Australian Tennis Basis. The primary Grand Slam of the New Yr is all set to kick off with the Australian Open. The occasion is ready to begin subsequent Monday. The occasion can even mark Novak Djokovic’s return to the nation after the 35-year-old was banned a yr again. And Nick Kyrgios had offered Djokovic at that cut-off date.

“I wasn’t his favorite man – let’s say it that method – for a few years. However he was one of many only a few that stood by me final yr, and I respect that and recognize that. In these moments you’ll be able to really see who really helps you and who’s by your facet and who goes with, I assume, the circulate of society and the pressures that media places on you. He was giving me undivided assist within the moments once I was being challenged rather a lot, and him as an Australian, I revered that rather a lot. Since then, our relationship has modified for the higher,” Djokovic reportedly stated in Adelaide final week.

Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic met one another within the finals of Wimbledon final yr. The Serbian provided an unbelievable fightback within the recreation to win his seventh Wimbledon title. Djokovic had clinched a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 win to emerge victorious.

Nick Kyrgios, then again, has been out of motion since October as a result of an harm. The 27-year-old can even be defending his doubles titles on the Australian Open this yr.