Nick Kyrgios and Naomi Osaka have completely different personalities. Still, they experienced similar mental health issues when trying to cope with the pressure coming from being a professional tennis player.
During a recent interview with “No Boundaries,” Nick Kyrgios talked about mental illness and how many tennis players go through it. The Australian took the example of Naomi Osaka to say:
“General people these days, genuinely feel, like, scared to come out and say -‘I am actually struggling mentally’. They are afraid to go to their friends or their parents because they think they are wake or something.”
“I feel like we have all gone and been through some pretty rough places where we were struggling. We got to just take stones of where things, like, where people are trying to hide behind.”
Kyrgios in Wimbledon
Nick Kyrgios is about to play in Wimbledon after 2 years. The Australian has been reluctant to travel during the pandemic, but he decided it was time to be back to the tour.
Nick Kyrgios in 2021
Currently ranked no.61, the Australian played his last match on the 12th of February when he lost to world no.5 Dominic Thiem 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round of the Australian Open (draw)
.Until now, during this year the Australian owns a compiled 4-2 win-loss record.
Naomi Osaka in 2021
Ranked no.2, Naomi played her last match on the 30th of May when she overcame world no.62 Patricia Maria Tig 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round of the French Open (draw).
This year Naomi has a 14-3 win-loss record. Osaka conquered 1 title at the Australian Open.
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