Nick Kyrgios decided to take on social to defend Emma Raducanu. The US Open champion has been struggling to find her way on the main tour after she conquered the title in New York.
After being so successful on the tennis court, Emma became the darling of many brands, also thanks to her fantastic personality and appearance. Many accused Emma of not focusing enough to pay too much attention to her endorsements. However, that is not the case as Emma is well known for putting massive effort into improving her tennis.
Clijsters vs. Raducanu or Osaka?
Recently, talking about Swiatek becoming no.1, tennis legend Kim Clijsters commented:
“We’ve seen others that kind of take a step back and say, `Oh, I’ve won a Slam now, I’ve made it. There’s sponsors coming in and I get treated like a princess wherever I go.’
Just because you’re the No.1 player and have won Slams, doesn’t mean you should treat other people differently.”
Many considered Kim’s comments as directed at Emma Raducanu or Naomi Osaka.
Hantuchova
Daniela Hantuchova, a former top tennis player and a top commentator, has recently commented:
“All the locker-room respect she had after the US Open is now kind of going away which is a shame.”
Kyrgios siding with Raducanu
Nick Kyrgios defended Raducanu with the following tweet:
“What’s with old retired players giving their opinion on our stars now? I love A-rod and I agree we all need to chill with the rackets and all that, but geezus, I read an article about a past female player talking about Raducanu, no offence but she is a far far bigger name already.”
Kyrgios in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
Ranked world no.102, the Australian has managed to achieve a 6-2 record in 2022. Nick is currently having a run in Miami, where he beat Adrian Mannarino 7-63 6-3 and Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-0.
Nick Kyrgios will compete against the world no.34 Fabio Fognini in the 3rd round on Sunday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. Their current record is 1-0 for Kyrgios.
Kyrgios won 6 titles in his career: 5 on hard courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Emma Raducanu in 2022
LWWLLWWLWW Ranked no.13, Emma played her last match on the 24th of March when she lost to world no.53 Katerina Siniakova 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Miami (draw).
This season Raducanu owns a 2-5 win-loss record.
