Nick Kyrgios is about to start his Australian Open, and he sounds to be I the right mindset.
The erratic Australian has just won his 4th career title at the Brisbane International, and he wants to go for more in Melbourne. Nick seems to be 100% aware of the problems he has with his consistency throughout the year, and he wants to fix that.
I am thinking of 1 match at time. KYRGIOS
During the Melbourne pre-tournament press conference, Nick commented
“I feel for me there’s pressure wherever I go. I’m expected to win a lot of matches. No matter if I’m here, Wimbledon, US Open, it’s the same for me.
I’d like to do well. I’m not going to say quarter-finals, semi-finals, anything like that. I just want to take it one round at a time.
Everyone started the year hungry. They can play great quality tennis. I don’t want to look ahead at all. I want to take care of business one round at a time.
I think last year there were periods where I was really good and really bad. But at the end of the day, I just need to know it’s a long year.
I can’t expend too much energy on other things. I want to kind of ride the highs, not as high as I usually do. If I lose a match, at the end of the day, it’s a tennis match. I kind of want to keep it even-keeled throughout the whole year rather than being such a rollercoaster ride. I guess right now that’s what I’m doing. Brisbane was a great week, but I had to prepare for the Australian Open, and I prepared.”
Nick will play his 1st round of the Australian Open against Rogerio Dutra Silva. They have never played each other so far.
