Nick Kyrgios and Naomi Osaka are set to invest in pickleball, launching the Miami Pickleball Club. Naomi Osaka will invest alongside ATP star Nick Kyrgios, the Wimbledon champion in 2022, and ex-ATP Top 10 player Mardy Fish in a Miami-based team. While ATP star John Isner is on board as an investor for the Dallas team, Hall of Famers Tracy Austin, Chris Evert, Lindsay Davenport, and Gigi Fernández have invested in a Chicago team.
Following the merger of MLP and the competing Professional Pickleball Association last month, which increased the number of teams in the league from 12 to 24, the 12 new teams have joined.
Nick Kyrgios and Naomi Osaka will be in great company in their investment since Kim Clijsters, a five-time Grand Slam champion, and Tom Brady, the Super Bowl champion, both announced their plans to invest in a league team in October.
Nick Kyrgios in 2022
Ranked no.22, Kyrgios played his last match on the 6th of October when he beat world no.77 Kamil Majchrzak 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Tokyo (draw).
Until now, during this year the Australian has managed to achieve a composed 37-10 win-loss record. This year, the Australian won 1 tournament in Washington. Nick got to the final in Wimbledon.
He is also scheduled to play in Australian Open (Australian Open) after Adelaide. The main draw will start on the 9th of January.
Naomi Osaka in 2022
LWWWLWLWLW At the moment ranked no.42, Naomi played her last match on the 20th of September when she had to retire when playing against world no.53 Daria Gavrilova in the 1st round and the scoreline was 1-0 .
At the moment, during this season the Japanese owns a composed 14-9 match record. Naomi Osaka’s most significant accomplishment of the year was getting to the final in Miami.
Osaka has scheduled to play next in Australian Open (Australian Open). She will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 16th of January.
