Kyrgios: "I actually don't like tennis"

[PP34]

he can talk and say he isn't in love with the sport but this is hardly a guy who has jumped down from the crowd and started to hit a few balls around. He has obviously done alot of training in his past and at one point he must have loved playing.

I think alot of it is because he doesn't have a coach. A coach in tennis part technique, part motivation part life mentor. I don't think he needs a hard arse like say, Lendl. He needs someone like say, Tony Roche. Federer didn't have a coach at one point when he was considered a bit of a brat.

Why he doesn't have a coach when he is only 21 is beyond me

It wouldn't surprise me if he actually has disliked tennis the whole time. Plenty of kids when I was growing up continued with sports they didn't like for years. Sometimes it was pushy parents, sometimes they were genuinely good and had hopes of going pro.

It seems to me that he wishes he was an NBA player, as basketball seems like a big passion of his. Obviously he wasn't good enough and with him being good at tennis, continuing was the only option for him to at least experience the world of being a pro sports player.

We don't know a whole lot about his tennis background as a youngster. It could be very much a case of the family pushing him to continue, and Nick not wanting to go against their wishes.

If he doesn't like the sport, he's probably never going to like it. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he ends up giving away tennis in the near future. Some people just aren't cut out to make the most of their talent. People spend years working jobs they despise, and this appears to be Nick's case. He either carries on with it or gives it up.

The hating tennis thing could even be a tad overblown. I get a bit of a feeling that some of his behaviour is all a bit of an act to cover up his lack of confidence in his abilities at times.

 

[Belnakor]

The hating tennis thing could even be a tad overblown. I get a bit of a feeling that some of his behaviour is all a bit of an act to cover up his lack of confidence in his abilities at times.

pretty classic defense mechanism.

I don't care how talented you are you don't get to 13 in the world without loving the game at some point.

 

[Hawkas1988]

It's interesting to hear how much Federer and Nadal love tennis and love watching it. Krygios will never accomplish anything of note until he fully commits to the sport. I have great doubts he ever will. He is simply riding on talent atm and that can only get you so far.

I also think he actually lacks confidence and plays off like he doesn't care as much.

Strange individual really.

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[vWestCoast]

He doesn't have to love tennis to be committed though. Just needs to change his attitude.

Could be wrong but prettt sure Wingard said he doesn't watch any AFL and only watches NBA when he has spare time. I guess the difference is at least he has a team and a bunch of blokes around him to make his job quite enjoyable.

 

[officialjc]

i get the feeling he doesnt like tennis because its kinda an elitist sport where you cant express yourself the way you can lets say in basketball

 

[Xtreme]

It's interesting to hear how much Federer and Nadal love tennis and love watching it. Krygios will never accomplish anything of note until he fully commits to the sport. I have great doubts he ever will. He is simply riding on talent atm and that can only get you so far.

I also think he actually lacks confidence and plays off like he doesn't care as much.

Strange individual really.

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In short he'll end up like the Us Donald Young

 

[Pedantic]

In short he'll end up like the Us Donald Young

What dribble. Kyrgios could retire tomorrow and he'd have had a better career than Young.

 

[Xtreme]

What dribble. Kyrgios could retire tomorrow and he'd have had a better career than Young.

Still nowhere near the "potential"

He's never ever going to win a grand slam

He's a hack

 

[JamisonRun40]

With Krygios is he the sole bread winner in his family. Does his parents and siblings work? If he is the sole bread winner, no wonder he would feel pressure to win. Just another view on the subject. He probably could of been a pro basketballer if he hadn't chosen tennis, one will never know.

 

[Arden]

i get the feeling he doesnt like tennis because its kinda an elitist sport where you cant express yourself the way you can lets say in basketball

The irony of that is, that he would get tech'd out of a basketball game if he spoke to the ref the way he speaks to tennis chair umpires.

 

[vicpride]

Still nowhere near the "potential"

He's never ever going to win a grand slam

He's a hack

"Hack" that's extreme

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[JackNah_8]

With Krygios is he the sole bread winner in his family. Does his parents and siblings work? If he is the sole bread winner, no wonder he would feel pressure to win. Just another view on the subject. He probably could of been a pro basketballer if he hadn't chosen tennis, one will never know.

Seems like the parents and brother travel with him while his sister works in Asia on some production

 

[iluvparis]

He doesn't have to love tennis to be committed though. Just needs to change his attitude.

Could be wrong but prettt sure Wingard said he doesn't watch any AFL and only watches NBA when he has spare time. I guess the difference is at least he has a team and a bunch of blokes around him to make his job quite enjoyable.

Might explain his 2016

 

[ozgamer]

With Krygios is he the sole bread winner in his family. Does his parents and siblings work? If he is the sole bread winner, no wonder he would feel pressure to win. Just another view on the subject. He probably could of been a pro basketballer if he hadn't chosen tennis, one will never know.

Yeah, it's one of those unspoken things in tennis. We can probably guess a few of the players in the last 30 years who were 'tasked' on being the family breadwinner/father's personal golden goose. It would most certainly go a long way to explain Nick acting the way he has.

Agassi would go out of his way to try and humiliate his old man in his early years and then later on tank his way out of the top 100 before he got his act together at 29 (the time of his divorce with Brooke Shields) even though he already had grand slam success by then.

 

[Madtiger2006]

I barrack for his opponents. He's a knob all round lol

 

[danstar]

Nick big downhill skier beats up on nobodys

 

[BobbyMorri]

Nick big downhill skier beats up on nobodys

didnt Nick get the most top 10 wins last year on tour. or it was something like that.

 

[danstar]

I was just watching him today and got frustrated and that was my expression of frustration instead of throwing a brick at the tv you are probably on the money

 

[peternorth]

Good win by Aussie Nick today

 

[gym4life]

Nick big downhill skier beats up on nobodys

Most top ten wins last year of anyone outside the top 10. You are an idiot to put it plainly.

 

[danstar]

Most top ten wins last year of anyone outside the top 10. You are an idiot to put it plainly.

He was playing dumb shots and just toying with the guy and it was infuriating me so i lined up and took aim and fired off at him

 

[gym4life]

He was playing dumb shots and just toying with the guy and it was infuriating me so i lined up and took aim and fired off at him

Yeah, but you ended up shooting yourself in the foot.

 

[JackNah_8]

Positive article


Out of a 'dark place', Nick Kyrgios lights up Indian Wells to beat Novak Djokovic

Linda Pearce
Nick Kyrgios has spoken of emerging from the "dark place" that threatened to engulf his tennis career following his controversial Australian Open loss to Andreas Seppi, his newfound enjoyment for the game manifesting in a second straight sets defeat of Novak Djokovic in the space of a fortnight.

Kyrgios said he had vowed to be more positive and less self-critical, starting on the practice court, and - after the 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) win over Djokovic that set up a Masters 1000 quarter-final against 18-time major winner Roger Federer in Indian Wells – also emphasised the importance of the recent return from injury of his girlfriend Ajla Tomljanovic.

"I was in a pretty dark place. Even though I was at (No.)13 last year, but I wasn't in a good place mentally at all," the 21-year-old said. "I was beating myself down, and I just wasn't in a good place. Some of that's obviously having my girlfriend back on tour – it's going to be awesome seeing her every couple of weeks. Obviously, my mum (Nill) is here. I'm just trying to stay happy and just try and enjoy my tennis a little bit, you know."

Kyrgios admitted that towards the end of a 2016 season that ended with the infamous tanking episode in Shanghai, he was "just really dreading going to tournaments, didn't want to practice, didn't want to really do anything… I had a physical trainer for a little bit, but it was tough, because my team was motivated but I wasn't motivated.

"After Australia it was tough, as well. Obviously it felt like the whole of Australia was against me after I lost. Even though no other Australian did really well, but I copped it all, I felt. I was in a dark place, didn't want to play for a bit. I was going to take a break for who knows (how long)? I was talking to my team, like, 'I can't really play anymore'."

Instead, Kyrgios retreated to Miami to see the rehabilitating Tomljanovic, and it took a call from Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt to lure him back for February's first-round Davis Cup tie against the Czech Republic at Kooyong. It was, says Kyrgios, "the best thing I could have done, come back and be with the boys, and I found some enjoyment practising again".

"Yeah, I don't know what happened. Something switched, and now I'm really enjoying it again. We still talk to this day, the whole Davis Cup team. I think that's helped me the most. You know, having some people on my side and, you know, they have my back. So that's been the key."

Admitting that his behaviour can polarise tennis fans, but claiming to be comfortable with the reality that there will be many for him and others against, Kyrgios was nevertheless passionate in his own defence.

"I don't think I'm a bad guy at all," he said. "Honestly, like, I have had a couple of mix-ups on the court, but that's in the heat of the battle, that's when you're competing or you're angry. Off the court… I haven't done anything against the law. I haven't drink-drive (sic), haven't shot someone, I haven't stolen. In the scheme of things, you put it in perspective, I'm really not a bad person."

But, undoubtedly, a very fine tennis player seemingly destined for slam-winning greatness, his serve again impregnable against Djokovic, his power breathtaking at times. For a player who claims not to love tennis, Kyrgios is growing rather fond of beating the deposed world No.1, celebrating accordingly and admitting "that felt good to kind of prove it wasn't a one-off thing".

He now faces a faces a second career match-up against Federer, the player he rates as the best of all time, having won the first, on clay in Madrid two years ago. "I remember the first game I broke him, and I said 'come on', pretty loud, just to show that … he knew I would compete for every point that day. That was kind of surreal, playing him, centre court and winning was unbelievable feeling.

"I think a lot's happened since then. I have played a lot more matches. I feel more confident in my game, and he's obviously playing unbelievable at the moment. But, yeah, I remember a lot. It's completely different conditions from Madrid clay to Indian Wells in the desert. So it's going to be a completely different game."

After Australia it was tough, as well ... it felt like the whole of Australia was against me after I lost.

Federer, himself an emphatic 6-2, 6-3 winner of the Australian Open finals rematch over Rafael Nadal, admitted he was "very impressed" that Kyrgios had been able to take out Djokovic, in successive tournaments, on the Serb's best surface. "I hope it's going to lead to something great for Nick, that he realises if he puts his head down and focuses that he can bring it day in and day out, week in and week out.

"That's maybe going to take a bit more time, but just that he can run through tournaments, that's why he can win tournaments, because when it matters the most against the best and in finals, he's there. Eventually he will need that, but that's a great quality to have already now." Djokovic, too, says the Canberran clearly has the game and can and should be in the top 10, or top five, if he can show the required commitment and consistency.

In the meantime, though, Kyrgios will continue to do things his way. Post-match, the still-coachless Australian retweeted an amusing social media message that suggested two early frontrunners for coach of the year: Ivan Ljubicic (coach of Federer) and Nick Kyrgios (coach of Nick Kyrgios). The latter liked it, obviously. Which, in the apparent absence of a true love for tennis, seems to be serving him pretty well now that he has emerged from the darkness and back into the light.


http://www.theage.com.au/sport/tenn...s-to-beat-novak-djokovic-20170316-guzpoo.html

 

[BobbyMorri]

I am more worried about Tomic than i am about Nick atm.

 

[blackcat]

they beat up on krygios cos he does not act like 'Pat Rafter' sorry mate. Just like they hate John Tomic and Damir Docic. Their behaviour may be more authentic than 'sorry mate'. I dont believe in Rafter.