The tennis world expresses its shock after knowing the tragic departure of Kobe Bryant, his daughter and 7 other people after a horrendous helicopter crash. Novak Djokovic was devastated by the news as he revealed that the American star was mentoring him. Naomi Osaka was also quite close to Kobe to write a heartbreaking open letter on twitter.
Nole and Naomi were not the only ones to mourn the departure of the basketball legend. On occasion of his clash against Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios entered the Rod Laver Arena in tears with the Kobe Bryant’s jersey. Here the messages from Stefanos Tsitsipas, Amanda Anisimova, Bianca Andreescu, and the other tennis stars.
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Stay strong, @NickKyrgios. ❤️️
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Stream: https://t.co/WcZgQQOKJv#9WWOS #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/L7O3aT1fsM— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) January 27, 2020
Indipendente da come finirà la partita lui oggi ha già vinto per me grande @NickKyrgios #RIPKobeBryant https://t.co/8gj5tGZjba
— Andy Olympic Women (@AndyWomenOly) January 27, 2020
Amanda Anisimova's message #KobeBryant pic.twitter.com/6OxzmwX9ll
— Luke (@Luke16572469) January 27, 2020
Andreescu's… 😢😢😢 pic.twitter.com/haSc7lD8Hk
— Luke (@Luke16572469) January 27, 2020
Kyrgios at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2020
At the moment ranked no.26, the Australian has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2020. Kyrgios is at the Australian Open where he ousted Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 7-63 7-61, Gilles Simon 6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Karen Khachanov 6-2 7-65 6-76 6-77 7-68.
Nick Kyrgios will play Nadal in the 4th round. The head to head is 4-3 for Nadal.
The last time that they played, Nadal won 6-3 3-6 7-65 7-63 in the 2nd round in London (Wimbledon) in July 2019.
The Australian won 6 titles in his career: 5 on hard courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Amanda Anisimova’s ranking and performance in 2020
Ranked no.24, Amanda played her last match on the 21st of January when she had to bow to Zarina Diyas 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Australian Open.
Amanda Anisimova’s most significant achievement of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Auckland.
Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2020
Ranked no.6, the Greek played his last match on the 24th of January when he had to bow to Milos Raonic 7-5 6-4 7-62 in the 3rd round in Australian Open.
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu’s ranking and performance in 2020
Currently ranked no.6, the Canadian played her last match on the 30th of October 2019 when she had to retire when playing against Karolina Pliskova in the round robin and the scoreline was 6-3 .
