The rivalry between Rafa Nadal and Nick Kyrgios both on and off the track (largely due to the statements of the Australian about the Balearic Islands) has been another of the great attractions of the ATP circuit in recent seasons.
However, Kyrgios's repeated criticisms of Nadal, which reached their peak during the Wimbledon 2019 dispute, have gradually turned into flattery from the Canberra tennis player to the Balearic Islands.
After confessing in an interview after Nadal's conquest of his thirteenth Roland Garros that “The Nadal thing is incredible. Roland Garros is the patio of his house”, Kyrgios has returned to surrender to the figure of the Balearic and how disputed his matches are with the Balearic Islands.
In fact, the Australian tennis player published a video of a point during the match between the two at the last Australian Open with 3-3 in the third set and 15-15 with Nadal serving after each player won a set. At this point you can see a Nadal very offensive against a Kyrgios who knew how to defend very well before his volley stayed in the net, after which the Australian fell to the ground exhausted after the race that stuck during the point. “This is why I like to play with Nadal”wrote the one from Canberra along with the video on his Instagram account (see the full video in the image that illustrates this news).
The tennis world is already waiting for a new confrontation on a tennis court between Kyrgios and Nadal given the spectacle that both have offered on the court in the matches in which they have faced each other. This crossing will not take place in the ATP Cup, since Kyrgios has not been selected by the Australian team, but it could be repeated at the next Australian Open (February 8-21) almost a year after this great point between the two .