Every time Nick Kyrgios speaks, he leaves no one indifferent. On your podcast No Boundaries, the controversial Australian tennis player has defended athletes who do not want to be vaccinated, including Novak Djokovic, and has attacked Roland Garros, a tournament that he described as “garbage” and that should not be on the circuit.
“I think that Roland Garros should be eliminated. It is the biggest garbage I have seen. It is the worst Grand Slams of all,” he explained. On the other hand, he praised Wimbledon, the “most prestigious tournament of all” that he loves even above the Asutralia Open, where he feels “enormous” pressure because “everyone expects a lot from you”.
I think it is morally wrong to force someone to get vaccinated “
In relation to the great oceanic one, the one from Canberra qualified a few previous words from which it was extracted that he requested its suspension. “To say that I would like the cancellation of the Australian Open is a sentence taken out of context,” he said, while insisting on the consideration of a Melbourne population who have been confined “275, almost 300 days.”
“The people of Melbourne, Victoria and frankly all Australians are absolutely hungry for big events,” Victoria Sports Minister Martin Pakula replied.
Nick Kyrgios, at the last Australian Open.
The Australian Open will ask tennis players to be vaccinated in order to compete in the next edition in January, a requirement on which Kyrgios also gave his opinion, especially since influencing those who do not want to be vaccinated against covid: “Kyrie Irving ( Brooklyn Nets NBA player) and Novak Djokovic have sacrificed a lot for the sport. I think it’s morally wrong to force someone to get vaccinated. I am, but I don’t agree to force anyone to do it. “
Again questioned by the race for being the best in history, with Djokovic, Nadal and Federer in contention, Kyrgios made his preference clear. “Today I say that Federer. As I said before, he is the most influential player who ever lived. His game is copied by other tennis players like Dimitrov. Nobody really plays like Novak because everyone admires and follows Federer,” he said.
