Nick Kyrgios doesn't have a tennis coach, and according to former Serena Williams' coach, Rick Macci, he doesn't need one.
Nick Kyrgios didn't have a tennis coach for the longest time because he found the experience unsatisfactory. The Australian is a character who has a distinct way of doing things, and it clashes pretty regularly with what a regular tennis coach would want him to do.
He's been quite open about the way he does things, and it's not the typical way. He doesn't warm up for matches, he doesn't have a coach, and he doesn't really train as hard as some other tennis players, but his tremendous talent is good enough with the things he does to be one of the best players in the world.
At this point in his career, he won't change because it's been like this for a very long time. Rick Macci, who spoke exclusively to Tennis Infinity, doesn't even think it needs to change because it clearly works for him.
You don't want to change something that works and, more importantly, has been proven to work on the highest level.
People have tried to change his mindset about work ethic and training harder being more serious. But maybe if he had done that, he'd have retired 5 years ago. Maybe he has to be like this. This is the way he is.
When it comes to coaching specifically, as that is his specialty, Macci doesn't think Kyrgios needs somebody from the outside.
He actually thinks the best coach for Kyrgios is himself because he ultimately knows himself best, and that's very important.
We can always look from the outside and people that have tried to change the way he thinks they probably didn't last more than a month being his coach. So the best coach right now for Nick Kyrgios is the guy in the mirror and that's Nick Kyrgios.
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