The terrible child of Australian tennis will be in Melbourne. Next to Bernard Tomic, Nick Kyrgios is an altar boy.
Considered one of the great hopes of world tennis when in 2011 he became the youngest player (18 years and 255 days) to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon since Boris Becker (1986), the Australian Bernard Tomic (28 years ) got lost. While his talent could have enabled him to have a very good career, his character has led him from escapism to escapism. This has also prompted the Australian federation not to give him a wild card for the 2021 edition of the Australian Open. The fantastic Tomic, fallen 228th in the world, therefore had to go through the Doha box to qualify and that did not please him as he explained after the first of his three victories, all won in pain: “I risked my life coming here, my health. Covid-19 is around, there are a lot of sick people, with a lot of things that can go wrong. I risk my life and I play. Of course, I’m here to qualify. Otherwise, I would hang up my rackets. I don’t need to play tennis anymore, I have enough money. “
Here is a small declaration by way of presentation of a character who does not have his tongue in his pocket. Anthology…
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