Emma Raducanu publicly backed Nick Kyrgios on social media during his stunning Wimbledon run and many people did not like it.
Pleasing people on social media is very hard because the vast majority of what you do will get criticised no matter what. Emma Raducanu found out the hard way when she elected to publicly back Nick Kyrgios during his Wimbledon run. Many fans called her out for it but Raducanu did not respond to the criticism until now.
She was asked about it in a recent interview with the Evening Standard and said:
“To me, he’s always been very kind and generous. He was supporting me after Wimbledon last year, before the US Open, so the way he’s been with me, yeah, he’s been really nice. People definitely want to watch Nick.”
Kyrgios himself spoke about the instance saying:
“I feel like I've kind of stuck up for her a bit in the media with some of the stuff that older legends kind of love to just throw shade and have their opinions on young players, young important players. She's obviously going to be one of the most important players on the WTA Tour for a very long time. She's obviously capable of winning a Grand Slam at 19. I mean, I don't even know how old she is exactly. 19, I think. She's very capable of doing that again."
He added:
“I'm glad that I have those supporters. If she loves watching my tennis, that's great. I enjoy watching her tennis, as well. But I think that was just a bit of a payback for how much I've kind of stuck up for her in the media.”
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