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Hilarious moment Thanasi Kokkinakis REFUSES to answer a question from the tennis reporter who mistook him for his great partner Nick Kyrgios after their Australian Open first round win: ‘Take the absolute p***’
- Thanasi Kokkinakis was hilariously mistaken for Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open
- The 26-year-old advanced to the second round after defeating Fabio Fognini
- However, a reporter greeted him by saying ‘Hi Nick’ in embarrassing scenes.
- Kokkinakis and Kyrgios are good friends and they won the doubles last year.
Thanasi Kokkinakis hilariously snubbed a reporter at the Australian Open after he was mistaken for his great partner Nick Kyrgios.
At his post-match press conference following his first-round win over Fabio Fognini, a reporter greeted the 26-year-old by saying ‘hi Nick’.
Kokkinakis and Kyrgios are close friends and triumphed in the men’s doubles at the Australian Open last year, but the Adelaide-born star wasn’t about to let the embarrassing misstep go.
Thanasi Kokkinakis was hilariously mistaken for Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open
A tennis reporter greeted the 26-year-old with ‘Hi Nick’ after his first round win.
‘Wow wow! That’s a layoff, that’s it,” she said with a smile on her face.
The reporter replied: ‘You will understand why…’ but Kokkinakis was not willing to listen to the journalist’s excuses.
‘You do not go. I’m going to can that. That’s bullshit of you.
Sharing the clip on social media, Kokkinakis tweeted, “Taking the absolute p***” along with the laughing emoji.
Kyrgios also shared the clip with the caption: ‘Kyriakis’, a combination of the couple’s names.
Kokkinakis and Kyrgios are great partners and they won the doubles in Melbourne last year.
Kokkinakis and Kyrgios won the hearts and minds of Australia when they formed the unbeatable duo ‘Special Ks’ at the 2022 Grand Slam.
His friendship with Kyrgios was shared with tennis fans in the new Netflix tennis docuseries Break Point, which aired last week.
Kyrgios withdrew from this year’s tournament, citing a knee injury, and said he would use Kokkinakis’ stamina as inspiration on his road to recovery, as the 26-year-old also battled injury problems of his own.
“I think I can take inspiration from someone like Thanasi, who has had a lot of injuries and has come back,” he said.
The knee injury is not a career-threatening setback, but Kyrgios made the ‘sensible’ decision to withdraw to avoid long-term damage.