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Nick Kyrgios reveals why he hasn’t even watched Netflix Break Point doco despite being one of its biggest stars, as he names the new big three who may replace Rafa, Djokovic and Federer.
- Kyrgios makes many headlines in the first five episodes of the fly-on-the-wall show
- But despite being one of the show’s biggest draws, he hasn’t seen it.
- Aussie named a trio that can take over for three of the game’s icons
Australian tennis ace Nick Kyrgios has explained why he hasn’t even watched Netflix’s Break Point, despite it being one of the biggest draws of the fly-on-the-wall docu-series.
Kyrgios, 27, has provided plenty of headlines during the show’s first five episodes when he opened up about his binge drinking and left girlfriend Costeen Hatzi mortified as he struggled to provide a urine sample at the 2022 Australian Open.
But despite calling the show “a great opportunity to get my brand out there,” he hasn’t watched a single minute of the show.
I haven’t seen it. I saw the preview, obviously. I’ve been so busy. Like, I’ve been doing so many things off the court, obviously preparing for the AO [Australian Open]’ he said on Saturday.
Kyrgios (pictured with girlfriend Costeen Hatzi at the Break Point premiere) hasn’t watched any of the show despite calling it “a great opportunity for my brand to get out there.”
The Australian (pictured with his friend and doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis in an episode of Break Point) has made headlines galore with his brutal honesty in the documentary.
The world number 21 has gone wild in the run-up to his home Grand Slam, even announcing that he has taken ownership of the South East Melbourne Phoenix basketball team in between hosting a charity match with Novak Djokovic and rehabbing his injuries. ankle.
“It’s so important for tennis,” he said of Break Point. “I think we have so many great personalities, so many young personalities, and so many colorful athletes.”
With legends Novak Djokovic (35) and Rafael Nadal (36) nearing the end of their careers, and Roger Federer officially retired, the sport is looking for the next generation of stars who can fill the huge void they will leave behind, and Kyrgios believes that knows who can enter the breach.
Novak Djokovic (pictured with Kyrgios at last Friday night’s charity exhibition match) is coming to the end of his incredible career at 35 years old.
The sport will have a huge void to fill when Rafael Nadal (bottom right) joins Roger Federer (front left) in retirement, and Kyrgios thinks he knows who can step up.
francis [Tiafoe], [Carlos] Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, these guys are great tennis players and also great people,” he said.
“I think when the big three get established and end up retiring, it’s very important that these guys are on display globally.”
Tiafoe, 24, made his mark at last year’s US Open, where he defeated Nadal to reach the semifinals, only to lose to reigning World No. 1 Alcaraz, who took the title and added to his growing reputation as the next big thing in the men’s game.
Frances Tiafoe (pictured practicing for the Australian Open) announced herself as a rising star by defeating Rafael Nadal at last year’s US Open as he made an impressive run to the semifinals.
The American was unable to overcome current world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who took what many believe will be the first of many Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows last September.
Fritz, 25, has been ranked as high as eighth in the world and was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon last year. He won titles in Indian Wells and Tokyo in 2022.
The trio are undoubted talents on the pitch, but none of them can be a publicity lightning rod like Kyrgios, as the Aussie proved on the first episode of Break Point.
In it, he confessed that he would “drink every night” as his career threatened to “get out of control” after he became a player to watch by defeating Nadal at Wimbledon in 2014.
His manager, Daniel Horsfall, would have to go out looking for Kyrgios when he had wild nights, using the Find My Friends tracking app on his phone.
“I used to have your location on my phone and some mornings I would physically look up where you were, what hotel you were in, what house you were staying in before tournaments, before a match,” Horsfall said. ‘That was hard.’