Last Sunday, Kyrgios beat Tsitsipas, the number 4 seed on the No. 1 court. The victory proved that Kyrgios was a real threat to the top players at Wimbledon.
As Wimbledon headed into its last week, it seemed that a final match between Nikola Djokovik and Rafael Nadal was going to happen. However, Kyrgios has made himself relevant by defeating one of his long-time rivals: Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Nick Kyrgios stated in a post-game interview that “Everywhere I go I’m seeing full stadiums,” indicating that “the media loves to write that I am bad for the sport but clearly not.” Kyrgios highly respects the game of tennis; he never calls out any of the umpire’s calls, and “even when [his opponent] has been thrown out of matches, he has looked his opponent in the eye and told him he was the better man.”
@Wimbledon Twitter posted on Sunday evening that Kyrgios was “Unscripted. Unfiltered. Unmissable” after the game with Tsitsipas. That evening, Tsitsipas angrily sent a ball flying toward the audience, barely missing a spectator. In the post-game interview, however, he replied that “[he] was aiming for the body of [his] opponent, but [he] missed by a lot, by a lot.” Either way, the judge did not call out and default Tsitsipas, at which Kyrgios “claimed the umpire surely would have sent him off had he done the same thing” (New York Times).
In response to the endless complaining to the crowd, Tsitsipas was having trouble maintaining his coolness. He ended up hitting the balls low and fast at Kyrgios. The audience slowly became louder as the game went on. At the end of the match in the locker room, the two competitors barely shook hands. There were lot of insults being thrown around, and it only made it worse with the friends of both sides.
In an interview, Tsitsipas stated that “It’s constant bullying, that’s what [Krygios] does… I don’t like bullying.” Kyrgios, who was watching the whole thing nearby, came to his own interview wearing a black cap instead of the traditional “all-white” style. He retorted with
“I’m not used to playing this way, but I cannot just sit there, act like a robot and act like someone that is completely cold and ignorant.”
Next Monday, Kyrgios will play Brandon Nakashima, officially knocking out Tsitsipas from Wimbledon. If he wins two more times, he could have a possible face-off with Nadal and win the tournament altogether.
As Wimbledon headed into its last week, it seemed that a final match between Nikola Djokovik and Rafael Nadal was going to happen. However, Kyrgios has made himself relevant by defeating one of his long-time rivals: Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Nick Kyrgios stated in a post-game interview that “Everywhere I go I’m seeing full stadiums,” indicating that “the media loves to write that I am bad for the sport but clearly not.” Kyrgios highly respects the game of tennis; he never calls out any of the umpire’s calls, and “even when [his opponent] has been thrown out of matches, he has looked his opponent in the eye and told him he was the better man.”
@Wimbledon Twitter posted on Sunday evening that Kyrgios was “Unscripted. Unfiltered. Unmissable” after the game with Tsitsipas. That evening, Tsitsipas angrily sent a ball flying toward the audience, barely missing a spectator. In the post-game interview, however, he replied that “[he] was aiming for the body of [his] opponent, but [he] missed by a lot, by a lot.” Either way, the judge did not call out and default Tsitsipas, at which Kyrgios “claimed the umpire surely would have sent him off had he done the same thing” (New York Times).
In response to the endless complaining to the crowd, Tsitsipas was having trouble maintaining his coolness. He ended up hitting the balls low and fast at Kyrgios. The audience slowly became louder as the game went on. At the end of the match in the locker room, the two competitors barely shook hands. There were lot of insults being thrown around, and it only made it worse with the friends of both sides.
In an interview, Tsitsipas stated that “It’s constant bullying, that’s what [Krygios] does… I don’t like bullying.” Kyrgios, who was watching the whole thing nearby, came to his own interview wearing a black cap instead of the traditional “all-white” style. He retorted with
“I’m not used to playing this way, but I cannot just sit there, act like a robot and act like someone that is completely cold and ignorant.”
Next Monday, Kyrgios will play Brandon Nakashima, officially knocking out Tsitsipas from Wimbledon. If he wins two more times, he could have a possible face-off with Nadal and win the tournament altogether.
