Nick Kyrgios is one of those athletes you either hate or love. His controversial manner both on and off the track has often landed him in controversy as an openly outspoken individual. During his time on the ‘Nothing Major’ podcast, the Australian made several headlines after chatting with former tennis players Steve Johnson, Sam Querrey, John Isner and Jack Sock. The main ‘bomb’ dropped by the tennis player was about her relationship with Rafa Nadal.
confession
Kyrgos surprised everyone on the podcast when he confessed his mixed feelings with the Spanish tennis player: “I couldn’t stand Nadal. “When I saw him around me I started to hate him and I started to hate him very much.”Nadal and Kyrgios have faced each other nine times in total, with the balance of six wins favoring the Balearic Islands. However, the Australian also admitted that playing against Rafa inspired him the most: “He was a guy who always inspired me. When I played against him I worked hard and tried to play the best tennis I could. I didn’t feel as much anger toward Federer or Djokovic when I played against them.”
The reason for this hatred towards Nadal? Kyrgos confessed that he saw the Spaniard as his enemy, and that he always needed to show people that he was capable of defeating him: “When I played with Rafa, everyone surrendered to him, they highlighted that he was a hard-working person and even more so while I thought: ‘I can’t stand him.’ “I wanted to show people that you can have fun, stay cool and beat other tennis players that way.”
praise for rafa
Despite these statements and the alleged ‘hatred’ towards the Spaniard, Nick Kyrgios did not hesitate to surrender the figure of Rafa Nadal, whom he assured was the best clay court player in history and the second tennis player we have ever seen. Will not see who plays. Rafa did it at Roland Garros.
