Nick Kyrgios emphatically celebrated the news of Saudi Arabia being in talks with the ATP Tour to acquire a stake in the sport.
For quite some time Saudi Arabia has been buying into sports thanks to the liquid gold that flows in the country. The country has been heavily involved in football recently buying various prominent players in order to bring them to the country.
Investments in other clubs have been a thing for years and a recent push to merge their golf enterprise with that of the PGA Tour received heavy backlash. The country has a bad human rights record and has been accused of sports washing in order to buy its way into a clean image.
It's not really working as many remain vigilant in calling out the hypocrisy though sports around the world are happily taking the money. Tennis seems to be the latest one as news broke that the country is trying to buy a stake in tennis with the ATP Tour likely to oblige. Nobody is going to give them more money so they might as well take it.
This year's Next Gen ATP Finals should already be held in the country so it only seems logical that more is coming. Andy Murray confirmed earlier this year that he would not play in Saudi Arabia.
Carlos Alcaraz recently confirmed that he would play in the country in the future too, joining a list of players like Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, and others that already played at the Diriyah Tennis Cup.
Nick Kyrgios also played at that event explaining that he's taking the money because that's where his personal interest lies. Kyrgios didn't mind the reaction from fans and he proved it once more by emphatically welcoming the news once it came out, posting a message on Twitter.
FINALLY. THEY SEE THE VALUE. WE ARE GOING TO GET PAID WHAT WE DESERVE TO GET PAID. SIGN ME UP 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
One bag of money may have been enough, but several will certainly be enough to buy most things in life and that's what will help players according to the Australian.
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