Nick Kirgios has never been to catch back-and in recent episodes of change podcast appearance, the vocal Australians made another dose of brutal honesty, this time about their long stress with tennis legend Rafael Nadal.
Nick Kirgios said, “I and Roger (Federer) are fine, such as I and Rafa do not like each other.” “I think we only respect each other’s game. But I think we are two different personalities, two different, completely different stories, and we do not like each other every time, like we play each other, like, I just wanted to throw my f {explain} racket,”
Australians said, “I just {explain} can not stand him, as he is just, he heads me, but as he is a good player, you know, like, but like, just like, I just wanted to do so bad every time,” Australian said. “Like, sometimes, when I lost the feds or you know what I was like, but with Rafa it burned me, it would burn me a lot.”
Nick Kyrgios of Australia celebrated a point on Spain’s Rafael Nadal during the quarter -finals at BNP Paribas Open © Andy Abetta & Sol; The Desert Sun and Sol; USA Today Network
The tension between Rafa and Kirgios was clear in most of the matches played by him. Epic Wimbledon Second Round encounter in 2019 or Akapulco Match, Nick’s feudal behavior towards Nadal, is good examples of Nick’s feudal behavior in the same year.
Kyrgios said that his hatred towards Rafael Nadal was personal as his coaching academy always placed Nadal on a chair. Kyrgios did not like this and captured those memories because he was a supporter.
“I think because my coach loved Rafa, like, when I was in the academy, he was like, ‘Oh, you need to work hard as Rafa, you need to like that you should have Rafa’s heart,’ You have it, you have it, it was always rough, it was,” Kyrgyos said.
“It was, Rafa, Rafa, Rafa and I was preferring, f {explain}, man they would play her videos, like, moving forward in court and I just, brother, F {explain} I am above this man,” Kyrgyos said.
This clear conversation by Kyrgyos shows why his behavior was so raw when he played against Rafael Nadal. The rivalry between Kyrgios and Nadal has always made an additional allegation, in which there is a fierce encounter in the court and comments are made. While Kyrgios’s commentary can rule the debate about sportsmanship and honor, they also present a rare, unfiltated glimpse in individual battles with the elite tennis.
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