Nick Kyrgios Every day he is further away from tennis, but increasingly closer to Carlos Alcarazwith whom he met at the Australian Open and made him an offer, without winning the tournament, which is almost irrefutable: It was in the noble zone of the Rod Laver Arenawhere access is restricted exclusively to players, work teams and essential tournament personnel. That’s where the meeting that the Australian press reported took place.
Kyrgios’ confession
The Murcian was walking through the bowels of the stadium, concentrated, when he crossed paths with Nick Kyrgios. The Australian, who is a commentator this year, broke the Spaniard’s bubble of concentration with a direct confession, stripped of any artifice: «You are my favorite player».
The reaction of Alcaraz It was genuine amazement. It is unusual for a figure with Kyrgios’ background, prone to irreverence, to surrender so explicitly to a professional colleague. «Really?», responded the world number one, with that mixture of humility and surprise that continues to characterize his rise to the top of world tennis. The talk didn’t stop at technical praise, however; Kyrgios He had a proposal prepared, one of those motivations that only he is capable of verbalizing.
A twist on the July script
To understand why this meeting is so significant, you have to rewind the calendar to July of last year. At the time, Kyrgios participated in a space on the channel UTS YouTubewhere he dared to make a risky prediction about Wimbledon. The Australian predicted that Jannik Sinner He would win the trophy on the London grass, basing his argument on the Spaniard’s supposed vulnerability.
In Kyrgios’ words at the time, «Alcaraz could get distracted, he could party too much», while, in his opinion, the Italian tennis player would be «totally concentrated» on the sporting task. That comment did not go unnoticed. Alcaraz, with the calm that defines him off the slopes, responded elegantly at the time: «No, they are obviously funny comments and coming from Kyrgios, nothing surprises me».
That supposed “night capacity” that the Australian pointed out as a defect seems to have now become the driving force of an unexpected alliance. What in July was a veiled criticism of the lack of concentration, in January has becomen a promise of celebration under the lights of Melbourne.
The victory proposal
In the locker room, Kyrgios He left the analyst aside to propose something more interesting to the Spaniard. He looked at Alcaraz and challenged him: «If you win we’ll party all night». It was not a vague invitation; It was a firm commitment. The Australian promised to take care of all the logistics, ensuring that he himself would organize every detail of the event if the Spaniard manages to lift the trophy.
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