Boris Becker hits Nick Kyrgios with a savage comeback after Aussie tennis bad boy said the legend wouldn’t cut it in today’s game

Boris Becker's intense feud with Nick Kyrgios has gone one step further, with the legend criticizing the Australian for saying he couldn't make it in today's name.

Kyrgios recently said claims that Becker and other top stars of his era would still excel in the sport were “absurd” because tennis has evolved so much since the German's heyday in the 1980s and 1990s.

“The game was so slow then,” the 28-year-old said The Athletics this week.

'I've seen Boris Becker and I'm not saying they weren't good in their time, but to say they would be just as good now is absurd.

'A large increase at that time was 197 to 200 km/h. People like me serve 220 consistently, right into the corners. It's a completely different story.'

The Aussie has had a long-running feud with the German six-time Grand Slam champion, at one point calling him a 'doughnut'

“But serving and volleying, to do it all the time now, you have to serve 220, because if you serve anything less than 220, man, Djokovic will eat you alive.”

These comments provoked a scathing response from Becker on the social media platform X.

'Nick has been making a lot of noise about tennis lately!?! Why is he talking about a sport he apparently hates,” wrote the six-time Grand Slam winner.

“Fact check Nick has never won a major championship as a player or coach… so where does the credibility come from?”

'Talk to your @OnlyFans about many things, but (not) about tennis!!!'

Shortly after the message was posted, Kyrgios responded with a tweet of his own: “One thing is for sure, I won't be sitting here in 20-30 years and claiming that I could compete and compare with the new kids on the market. block. It's definitely an ego thing.”

Becker was one of the sport's biggest stars during his heyday after making history when he won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 1985 at the age of 17 (pictured)

He later doubled down on But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see Novak wiping the floor on you in your prime? Like it's not an attack. They're just facts.

“Hahahaha, this guy is talking about credibility… last time I checked, you were the one hiding assets, right?” in a reference to Becker's 30-month prison sentence for tax evasion.

“And I appreciate the shoutout from @OnlyFans!!!! I had the Boris Becker speak about the brand!!!! I always knew you kept my business collaborations in the loop.”

While Becker acknowledged Kyrgios winning the 2022 Australian Open men's doubles title, he also slammed the Australian for saying Lleyton Hewitt “destroyed” tennis great Pete Sampras at the US Open because his compatriot was “the first prototype of someone who could serve again'. .

“He made Sampras look terrible,” Kyrgios said.

'And what would Djokovic do with someone like Sampras? It would be a housecleaning. If Hewitt did it, Djokovic would destroy him. He would eat him alive.”

Becker countered that by writing: 'Trying to compare generations… Laver vs Federer, Borg vs Nadal, Sampras vs Djokovic!?! I'm not even going to mention McEnroe, Conners, Lendl, Agassi, Courier, Edberg, Wilander, Kuerten, Bruguera, Rafter, Hewitt and many more.”

The outburst is the latest in a long line of insults the pair have hit each other with.

In 2020, Becker called Kyrgios a 'rat' for calling out tennis players who were flouting Covid-19 rules during the pandemic, with the Australian hitting back by calling him a 'doughnut'.

That same year, Becker told the tennis bad boy to “shut up for once” in another outburst about the pandemic, and when Kyrgios posted on social media with a photo of himself playing with Team World in the Laver Cup and the caption 'different breed', Becker replied: 'In your dreams.'

Kyrgios (pictured with girlfriend Costeen Hatzi) responded to Becker's comments and said the German was on an ego trip

In January this year, the 56-year-old insulted Kyrgios when he questioned whether he was telling the truth about the knee injury that kept him out of this year's Australian Open.

Becker brought up the fact that Kyrgios had played a practice match against Novak Djokovic shortly before announcing that his knee had ruined any chance of playing in his home Grand Slam.

“It didn't look like that on Friday evening when he played two sets against Djokovic,” he said.

'He talked about injuries beforehand, but to the ankle and not to the knee.

“But what Nick Kyrgios says and what he does are often two different things.”