“I think it’s Rafael Nadal. He now has 22 Grand Slams and the other two, twenty”, assured. The Balearic added his “big” title number 22 last Sunday at Roland Garros by defeating Norwegian Casper Ruud in the final.
I don’t understand what they think of me“, he answered a question about his fame as a “bad boy” of tennis. “I don’t think I do crazy things on the court. I’m 27 now and I’ve been playing like this since I was 10. I have always been very emotional and ambitious. I’m not going to change. Because I think the fans want to see exciting and intense games. If you lose you will be angry. It’s normal, it’s human. Some show it more and some show it less,” he added.
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Kyrgios also referred to his expectations in the Mallorca Championschips, the only tournament on natural grass that is played in Spain and explained the reasons that led him to skip the recent clay court season.
“Here I want to offer my best tennis. Hopefully many fans come to see our games. Since I’m always going to win, I want to entertain people so that they and I have a good time. This is a year to resurface. I saw that I didn’t need to play every tournament (on clay) to improve. I wanted to prepare as well as possible for the grass tournaments, and I wanted to be home again“, he assured.
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Regarding the fight he had against depression -in 2020 he admitted that he had suicidal ideas and that he was about to quit tennis- Kyrgios says he made the illness public “because I thought it might be good and help other people in a similar situation.”
“I had the feeling that I had no one to talk about it with or trust. I rejected the support of my family and friends, I did not open up. They could have helped me find my way and think positively again,” she notes.
One of Kyrgios’ rivals in the tournament to be played at the Mallorca Country Club in Santa Ponça (Calviá), will be the Russian Daniil Mevdevevreigning champion.
The registered Spanish representatives are Pablo CarrenoOlympic medalist and Roberto Bautista Agut, 2019 Wimbledon semifinalist.
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