Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has never been one to take a backward step, whether it’s on court, in a press conference or on social media.
The 21-year-old was in the headlines more this Wimbledon tournament for his attitude than his tennis and journalist Piers Morgan took aim at the Australian on his Twitter account congratulating Andy Murray for his straight sets win while lambasting the behaviour of his opponent.
Kyrgios responded with three letters. E-A-D. An abbreviation that the 51-year-old Morgan might have needed to google to work out what he meant, unless he’s up with the hip young crowd.
@piersmorgan EAD ?
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) July 4, 2016
It’s not the first time Kyrgios has come under attack from celebrity ‘powerbrokers.’ In the past year or so two we’ve had Dawn Fraser, Kitty Chiller, Tex Walker and Patrick Dangerfield all have a crack. Plus, there was that time Warney let rip on Facebook.
Kyrgios’ detractors will have even more ammunition after his rather blunt press conference following the fourth round loss to Murray where the Australian admitted sometimes he didn’t care about tennis which is why he played communter games before the match. At least he’s honest on this topic.
Former player, turned commentator John McEnroe was the latest tennis expert to criticise the Australian.
“It’s not just the mental part, he needs to work on his game. He doesn’t know what it takes to be a top-10 professional to win grand slams,” McEnroe said.
All these comments will hardly upset or bring about a change from Kyrgios. He plays by his own rules and sometimes that’s good enough to beat the best, as we saw against Rafael Nadal in 2014.
Until Kyrgios gets kicked off the tour or retires, he’ll be a drawcard wherever he plays, whether people like it or not.
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