Novak Djokovic responded after Nick Kyrgios displayed a signed frame with the two of them from his video podcast show Good Trouble. In January of 2024, he appeared as a guest on the show during the Australian Open. The program is produced by Hana Kuma, a media company co-founded by Naomi Osaka and her agent Stuart Duguid.
Since then, the episode on YouTube with Djokovic as a guest has received over 350,000 views. With the stadium’s seating section darkened, the court was arranged to mimic the show’s original location.
A framed poster from the podcast was featured in an Instagram story that Kyrgios posted on Friday. The poster featured a glass-encased collage of Djokovic and Kyrgios with the Serbian player’s signature.
In the video, Kyrgios said: “This is dope Kyrgios, Djokovic; Good Trouble; Got her frames, memories, that’s crazy.”
The Serb re-posted the video and replied to the Australian in a lighthearted manner hours after Kyrgios had shared the story. Djokovic replied: “Always good trouble with you.”
Novak Djokovic in 2024
At the moment ranked no.4, Djokovic played his last match on the 14th of September when he beat world no.773 Ioannis Xilas 6-0 6-1
in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).Currently, during this year the Serbian achieved a composed 32-8 win-loss record. Novak clinched 1 title in Paris. Djokovic got to the final in Wimbledon.
He is also scheduled to play in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) on the 2nd of October and Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) on the 28th of October.
Nick Kyrgios in 2024
Ranked world no.470, Nick played his last match on the 13th of June 2023 when he was defeated by world no.564 Yibing Wu 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Stuttgart (draw).
During this season the Australian has achieved an overall 0-1 win-loss record.
Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios fought against each other 3 times. Their actual head to head record is 2-1 for Kyrgios. The last time they played each other, Novak Djokovic won 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in London (Wimbledon) in July 2022.
Here are the highlights.
Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios |
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