Nick Kyrgios still going through a great time. In Washington, the Australian agreed to the second consecutive final in the tournament, taking into account that his last tournament had been at Wimbledon.
In this context, in the US capital he took stock of his moment. “The ranking is not really a compliment or anything. My ranking has never reflected my game. That is also due to my calendar. I’ve never really played a full year. Towards the end of the year, it’s too much travel for me. And it’s not something I’m willing to try either. I don’t want to give that time at home and time with my family and my girlfriend. We need that time at home. I’m not worried about my ranking. Although it would help in certain things.
This lack of ranking, of course, the current 63rd in the world feel in each tournament. “I think a top seed doesn’t even play his first round. I played first round, a tough first round, and I was drug tested at midnight and had to play the next night. A seeded player goes to bed at the time he wants to go to bed. He eats what he wants to eat. They told me to eat at the cafe because there was no food. These are things a top-seeded player won’t have to deal with“.
Even so, his 2022 balance is positive: “I am having a great year, If Wimbledon had given points, I would now be in the Top 15 or Top 20 in the world. I feel like I’m playing that level of tennis, like I’m in the top 10 or top 5 right now. Obviously losing that final hurts, since I was a child all the coaches whispered in my ear what Wimbledon meant, the most important trophy that can be won, ”he said.
“Having that opportunity and staying there is not easy to digest, after all, if you win Wimbledon, no matter what happens with your career, you can say that you achieved the best,” he confessed. “Now that the weeks have passed, there are many things that I would have done differently in that game, so I just think about doing everything possible to put myself back in that place. Now we all know that it is possible, we never thought it was possible. compete for a Grand Slam, but now it is something genuine.
