"I'm definitely the outcast of the Australian players" - Kyrgios on not receiving support from Australian greats
Nick Kyrgios is enjoying the biggest success of his career as he's about to play his first Grand Slam final at the 2022 Wimbledon.
Yet, the 27-years-old Australian doesn't feel a lot of support from some of his compatriots that succeeded in the past. After reaching the final, Nick Kyrgios admitted that he feels that he's treated differently than other Australian players.
“I mean, look, as for the greats of Australian tennis, they haven't always been the nicest to me personally. They haven't always been supportive. They haven't been supportive these two weeks. So it's hard for me to kind of read things that they say about me. For instance, when I saw Ash Barty in the final of Australia, I was nothing but happy. I would never say a bad word about an Australian making a final. Like that's just me."
“And the kind of only great that's ever been supportive of me the whole time has been Lleyton Hewitt. Like he knows. He's our Davis Cup captain, and he kind of knows that I kind of do my own thing. I'm definitely the outcast of the Australian players."
“He knows to kind of keep his distance and just let me do me. He just sends me a message here or there, Keep going. That's literally it. Just, Well done. Keep going. It's pretty sad because I don't get any support from any of the other Australian tennis players, the male side. Not the players, but like the past greats. It's weird they just have like a sick obsession with tearing me down for some reason."
“I just don't know whether they don't like me or they're, like, afraid. I don't know. I don't know what it is. But it sucks, because if it was roles reversed, if I saw De Minaur in a final, or if I saw Jordan Thompson or Thanasi Kokkinakkis, I'd be pumped. I'd be stoked. I'd be having a pint watching going nuts. So a shout-out to Lleyton, I guess. I had a hit with him during this tournament.”
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