Kyrgios: “I don't know when the tournament starts or that there is already a draw”

When Nick Kyrgios speaks, the bread is usually raised. And this Saturday, at the press conference prior to his participation in one of Melbourne's two ATP 250s, the Murray River Open (February 1 to 7), his demonstrations were not wasted either. The 25-year-old Australian 47th in the world showed, after training in the morning in NBA jerseys, that almost everything does not matter to him when it comes to the sport of the racket when he acknowledged that he has no idea of ​​the dates of his first competition in almost a year or who will be his first rival (it is the French Muller). When asked, he answered like this: “I don't even know when the tournament starts. I didn't even know the draw (for the box) was over,” he replied with his usual self-confidence.

In addition, Kyrgios assured that he has not missed tennis at all in all this time. “To be honest, I don't miss a lot of people on the circuit. Apart from all the Australian guys. It was good to see De Miñaur, a couple of my good friends. I saw Tommy (Paul), all these guys. Good to see you all safe and sound. In fact, I didn't touch a tennis racket for the first four or five months of quarantine. I wanted to completely get away from him. In fact, it was difficult to start practicing again. I'm not going to lie. “However, the Canberra says that he has not lost his sense of the game and the competition, in a curious way: “I'm a competitor. I compete with everything I do. I've been into video games, all that kind of thing, getting my little competitive edge there.”

His mother's poor health

Kyrgios insisted that he is not obsessed with the sport he lives on and that there are more important things for him: “In my spare time I didn't think about tennis at all. I was going through a few difficult things off the court. My mother was not very healthy. I was concentrating on the things that really matter to me personally. Tennis is not my top priority, I've never been one of those who wants to reach qualifying goals. “

He also says that all this time has passed quickly: “It's like I was literally sitting here two days ago after losing to Rafa (Nadal). It feels like nothing will stop happening. Last year it gave me the opportunity to dabble in areas that I wanted to do, other than tennis. It is Like I was playing the Australian Open last week, so … “