"People respect him, people fear him" - Kyrgios one of favourites at US Open says Macci

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Prior to the 2022 US Open, seven-time USPTA Coach of the Year Rick Macci talked to Tennis-Infinity.com in an exclusive interview.

Venus and Serena Williams were two of the five world no. 1 players trained by Rick Macci, the youngest tennis coach in USPTA Hall of Fame history. He shared some of his predictions with readers of Tennis-Infinity.com prior to the season's last Grand Slam, the 2022 US Open.

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In 2022, Nick Kyrgios played already two Grand Slam finals. The first one in doubles at the Australian Open which ended with the champion's trophy in his hands. A few months later, the 27-years-old Australian took on Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final and he will try to continue his great Grand Slam run also at the 2022 US Open.

"He's one of the five guys I would put in the equation to win it. People have to understand the way he serves the grass. Well, it helps any big server but especially him as he's so into the court and he has a wicked slice and he's a tall guy so he won a lot of bang bang points. It will happen again on hard courts but not as easy. So he's gonna have to play more," said Rick Macci.

"You never know with Nick what's gonna happen. You know he's must see on TV but people respect him, people fear him," Macci told Tennis-Infinity.com. "He's definitely a threat but what I'm concerned about he's probably gonna play doubles with [Thanasi] Kokkinakis."

"So if that happens, that's just a lot of tennis, not so much the physical because he seems like a great athlete but it's also the mental. But he's definitely, in my opinion, a contender, he'd be right up there. There's no doubt about it," Rick Macci concluded.

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Stay tuned as the full interview with Rick Macci will be released on the 28th of August 2022. In the interview, he talks about his picks ahead of the 2022 US Open, including Daniil Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz, Serena Williams, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka and more.

Rick Macci spoke to Tennis-Infinity.com also before and if you want to read the previous exclusive interview with Rick Macci, you can click here.

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