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Let Nick Kyrgios run wild

Nick Krygios continues to confuse and frustrate. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Roar Guru
27th January, 2015
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I have a plea and I want all sports fans to listen: Can we please give Aussie tennis star Nick Kyrgios a bit of slack. The 19 year old is winning the fans’ hearts hand over racket, despite his sometimes arrogant and unpredictable style.

We must remember that it is very difficult to change someone when that is how they are.

Okay, I concede the 19 year old probably should not have used the F-word when he told someone to get off their phone during his extraordinary win over Andreas Seppi. But it was interesting that the crowd didn’t seem to care.

To be honest, I hope someone does speak to him about doing that again. After all, a lot of young kids would have been there and many thousands would have watched the match on television.

But think about it, what else has he done that offends? In my view the answer is nothing. He’s a confident young man, which let’s face it is a trait that we try and instil into our own children.

And yes he’s even over confident sometimes. But that’s better than being tentative and without a clear direction.

In this day and age confidence is king. You can embark on all of the education you like but if you can’t back yourself, or make it clear to others that you’re up for the fight then others will pass you by. Nick Kyrgios is definitely letting everyone know he’s not holding back, and he’s having one hell of a crack.

Remember 20 years ago when Lleyton Hewitt burst onto the scene? He made a number of public blunders, one in which he questioned the knowledge of the fans. But the more I think about it, the more I feel we were simply to quick to judge Lleyton for his behavior. That was what made him so good, that was part of his DNA, and yet we continually tried to change his style.

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Did we bag Pat Rafter for being so boring on the court, and being too nice? No of course not, we were happy with that. That suited the public and the media, and that was what made Pat so good: his temperament, control and focus.

So Nick has a few minor issue he needs to think about but let’s not put undue pressure on this exciting prospect simply because we think it’s not appropriate.

Some are saying Nick is one of the most exciting sporting prospects Australia has seen in a long while, so lets not cook the golden goose, instead let it run wild, and who knows what will eventuate.

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