According to Nick Kyrgios, Australian men’s tennis has never been in better form than it is these days.
The fact that 10 Australians were in the ATP top 100 in July for the first time in forty-two years underlines well for Australian tennis, and Kyrgios thinks it may lead to the country’s first Grand Slam men’s singles champion since 2002.
He recently talked about it and said: “I genuinely think it’s the strongest time in Australian tennis, and we are all capable of making a run at a Grand Slam now. I think the draws are much more open than they used to be. To win a Grand Slam back in the day when I was in my prime and to beat Roger, Rafa, and Novak in the same tournament was unheard of. Now it’s a lot more open, and I think that is where Australian men’s tennis is at the moment. It’s exciting times.”
In 2024, a number of players had breakthrough seasons. Jordan Thompson made it into the top 30, Alex de Minaur made it to the top six and his first ATP Finals, and Alexei Popyrin won his first Masters 1000 event in Montreal.
He added: “I always knew Demon was going to be carrying the flag. He’s got another 10 to 12 years in his career for sure. I could see him playing until he’s at least 40, probably. Alexei what he did at the Masters event, Thanasi (Kokkinakis) coming back through injury, and obviously always exciting to watch. I’m so happy for Jordan to see how well he’s gone—top 30 in the world—and we literally grew up and played the exact same tournaments together. From eight years old, we played each other at Wimbledon, and to see him having success is so cool. These guys are all capable, and I think I was the first one to knock on the door and show that it was possible, and then these guys started believing. Now they’re all having some amazing success.”
Nick Kyrgios in 2024
Currently the world no.470, Nick played his last match on the 13th of June 2023 when he surrendered to world no.404 Yibing Wu 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Stuttgart (draw).
Currently, during this year Kyrgios has managed to achieve a composed 0-1 match record.
Nick Kyrgios |
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