Nick Kyrgios is currently in Washington, where he is about to defend his title at the Citi Open. During a press conference that preceded the tournament, Nick Kyrgios talks about different topics. One of them was mental health.
Mental health and Naomi Osaka
The Australian player conceded that he has often struggled with mental health issues. However, he is a bit surprised by the fact that while Naomi Osaka is receiving good press, he is just criticized by everyone.
Kyrgios commented:
“I did fall into places where people like Naomi Osaka are now speaking about mental illness, where I was going through, in my personal opinion, 20 times as bad.
All they receive is good press. They don’t really receive hateful messages. They don’t really receive ridiculously historic fines for hitting balls out of the stadium or getting a code violation. I was dealing with, like, not even close to the amount of stuff that was going on.”
Nick Kyrgios will start his title defense against home favorite Mackenzie McDonald. The Australian player is falling down in the rankings and he may be out of the top 100 very soon if he doesn’t not start to perform in tournaments.
Nick Kyrgios in 2021
Ranked no.58, the Australian played his last match on the 29th
of July when he was overcome by world no.29 Cameron Norrie 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Atlanta (draw).Until now, during this year Kyrgios has achieved a 7-4 match record.
Naomi Osaka in 2021
Ranked world no.2, Osaka played her last match on the 27th of July when she was overcome by world no.42 Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Tokyo (draw).
This year the Japanese owns a composed 16-4 record. The Japanese has won 1 title at the Australian Open.
Nick Kyrgios |
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