Nick Kyrgiossemi-finalist at the ATP in Stuttgart and one of the great attractions of the Mallorca tournament that will begin next week, stated that the Spaniard Rafael Nadal “is the best of the ‘Big Three’, he has 22 Grand Slams and the others, the Swiss Roger Federer and the Serbian Novak Djokovic, suman 20″.
Nadal added his 22nd Major title last Sunday, by winning Roland Garros for the 14th year, defeating Norwegian Casper Ruud in the final. Thus, the Australian was clear in a daily Last minutein which he addressed various aspects of his professional career.
“I don’t understand why they think that of me,” he responded to a question about his fame as the “bad boy” of tennis. I don’t think he does crazy things on the track. I’m 27 years old now and I’ve been playing like this since I was 10. I’ve 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.
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 that he made this illness public “because I believed it could be good and help other people in a situation Similary”.
“I had the feeling that I had no one to talk about it or trust. I rejected the support of my family and friends, I did not open up. They could have helped me find the way and think positively again,” he said.
One of Kyrgios’s rivals in the tournament that will be played at the Mallorca Country Club in Santa Ponça (Calviá), will be the Russian Daniil Mevdeved, current champion and who will return to No. 1 in the world next Monday, thus playing said championship located at the top of the ATP ranking.
