Nick Kyrgios told the “Nothing Major” podcast (Sam Querrey, Jack Sock, John Isner, Steve Johnson) if he played Jannik Sinner at the 2025 Australian Open, he would show the ATP world no. 1 zero respect:
“Let’s be honest… I really want to go out there and I really want to play Sinner. If I played him in the Australian Open, I’d get every person in the crowd to get on him. I would turn it into an absolute riot. All respect would go out the window and I would just do anything to win.” “I haven’t failed any drug tests. It’s nothing personal. What would I have personal against Iga Swiatek? I’ve got nothing personal on Iga. It should be a level playing field for everyone. That’s what pisses me off. Because I know when I watch Roger and Djokovic… they’re gods in my eyes. When you have one of us four (Isner, Querrey, Sock, Johnson) vs one of them.. I feel like there’s a lot of fans that want us to do well because we are relatable. You see us at a bar having a drink, we’re human. These guys already have an advantage because they’re just gods. Then if they’re taking all these other performance enhancing drugs, it just makes me angry. Because I know me personally, I’ve never done it. I won’t ever do it. I drink alcohol and I may not get a good night’s sleep. I’m already putting myself against the back of the wall. Then I gotta go out there and this guy is rubbing cream all over his body that gives him some crazy aura, then it’s not fair. That’s why I’m angry about it.”
“Once you get caught you can’t act like the victim. That’s what pisses me off even more about it. I’m like ‘hold on a second… you employ your team don’t you?’ Say we go out and have a party… how in our sport can someone get punished two years for having a night out… vs someone who’s actually trying to enhance their performance. It’s not even a conversation of which one is worse in my opinion. Obviously they’re both bad.”
Sinner defeated Kyrgios 76 63 in their one ATP match at 2022 Miami Open round of 16. Both Sinner and Kyrgios are sponsored by Nike.
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Steve · December 16, 2024 at 11:18 am
I remember they played once and I predicted that Kryios would would lose a close first set and then break mentally, which is what he did.