As his most prosperous season on the tour draws to a close, Nick Kyrgios is focused on both Australia and the US Open after beating world no. 1 Daniil Medvedev.
Being a professional tennis player is difficult, especially for Australians who leave their continent after the Australian Open and may spend weeks or months away from their homes and loved ones. Nick Kyrgios is keen to return home as soon as the US Open is over.
“I always wanted to win. I always felt like if I did the right things and played the right way, I could go deep. But obviously we all, my team and myself, had an eye on going home" said Kyrgios continuing:
“I think it does take off the pressure a little bit knowing we’ve had such a successful couple of months. Then we get to go home and see our family and friends. At the same time we still got a job to do. Like it’s the last biggest tournament of the year. We got to try and just tough it out and keep pushing each other, keep being positive. We do realize it’s next week we’re going home. But three more matches potentially, then we never have to play tennis again.”
While that reads as a potential retirement Kyrgios was simply speaking the truth, as he always does.
“I’m just trying to not let people down. I’ve said it before, I was in this press conference room a while back and I lost in the third round, it was the worst feeling because I’ve just got so much expectation. I’m finally able to show it now. I feel like I’ve been working really hard. I’ve just got a lot of motivation at the moment. If I win a Grand Slam, I don’t know how much motivation I’d have afterwards because it’s extremely hard to do.”
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