Nick Kyrgios who questioned Boris Becker and Alexander Zverev’s credibility got into a heated exchange of tweets with the former.
It all started when Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios commented about the increase in the speed of serves with the evolution of tennis over the years and how the past legends would find it hard to play in today’s fast-paced games.
The game was slow back then. I’ve watched Boris Becker and I’m not saying they weren’t good in their time, but to say that they would be just as good now, it’s absurd.
-Nick Kyrgios
Boris Becker who was hit hard by the comments responded by mentioning the Australian’s lack of Grand Slams and asked him to save his comments for the controversial social media platform OnlyFans. Kyrgios who has been out of action for the entire season joined OnlyFans recently and has been actively making some big announcements there.
Nick makes a lot of noise about tennis lately!?! Why does he speak about a sport he apparently hates …fact-check Nick has never won a major championship as a player or coach( yes doubles 1) so where is any credibility coming from ? Trying to compare generations… Laver v Federer… https://t.co/i76kasQnBk
— Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) December 13, 2023
The fight did not stop there and Kyrgios went a step further and attacked the German’s credibility and accused him of hiding assets for which he was imprisoned.
Boris Becker served two and a half year jail term in the UK after being found guilty of illicitly transferring huge sums of money and hiding assets after being declared bankrupt. He was released from jail after serving eight months out of the 30 months.
Hahahaha, this bloke speaking about credibility…..last I checked you were the one hiding assets no?
-Nick Kyrgios
He counter-attacked his comments by further questioning another German player Alexander Zverev’s credibility of not winning a Grand Slam and defended his own credibility by listing his wins over the ‘Big 4’ of tennis.
Also, I mean I’ve beaten, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray so I feel like I have a little credibility…..But it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that Novak would wipe the floor against you in your prime? Like its not an attack. It’s just facts…Basically 99% of the tennis tour doesn’t have credibility then? Potato. What about your boy Alexander Zverev? No credibility? He hasn’t even won a doubles grandslam.
– Nick Kyrgios
Nick Kyrgios congratulates Jannik Sinner’s coach Darren Cahill on winning the ‘Coach of the Year’ Award
Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi were awarded the ‘Coach of the Year’ award after guiding Jannik Sinner to great success.
The 22-year-old Italian tennis player partnered with the Australian coach Cahill in July 2022. Cahill has earlier coached World No.1 players like Simona Halep, Andre Agassi, and Lleyton Hewitt.
Sinner has won four titles this year namely the 2023 Open Sud de France, Canadian Open, China Open, and the Austrian Open under his tutelage. He also had some impressive results towards the end, reaching the finals of the Nitto ATP Finals and leading Italy to a Davis Cup victory later.
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios took to X and was all praise for the coach for his contribution to Sinner’s success.
Cahill is an incredible coach. What he has done with Sinner is amazing. Serve especially.
Nick Kyrgios on X
