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Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has seen his self-confidence renewed after reaching the Wimbledon final, which he lost to Novak Djokovic. As he did not share points for the ATP ranking in the London tournament, his good performance did not help him to rise in the ranking and he is currently ranked 47th. If he does not manage to rise in the ranking in the coming weeks, the Australian will not be seeded at the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year, which starts on August 29.
The first opportunity to recover positions has already escaped him, since he could not play in Atlanta due to discomfort in his left knee. However, not being seeded is something that does not seem to worry Kyrgios very much, who is grown and has made some statements in which he shows unlimited self-confidence, although they can also be interpreted as a contempt for all of Kyrgios’s rivals. the. “It’s been that way my entire career. My rivals know perfectly well that whether or not I’m seeded, It’s all up to me when we face each other. If I’m confident and I can play well, they don’t really have much to do.. Right now I will be 60 in the world, but I always feel like a top 10 “, assured Kyrgios, who is not 60 in the world, but 47.
His performance at Wimbledon could mark a before and after for the Australian, who in a recent interview with Prakash Amritraj recounted his feelings: “I couldn’t sleep for two days after Rafa’s withdrawal. Physically I felt very good, but mentally… I put in my best Grand Slam performance against Krajinovic and then the match against Tsitsipas was a roller coaster, where my muscles were pulled. It has been the tournament of my life and there is no reason to forget it. It’s exciting, I still look back and it gives me a lot of confidence. I was impressed to have made it to the end and to be one step away from lifting the trophy. I think every tennis player who picks up a racket wants to win Wimbledon one day. I think it’s the best title in history.”
Reaching the Wimbledon final also served Kyrgios to value what was achieved by Rafa Nadal, winner of 22 Grand Slams, Novak Djokovic, who has achieved 21, and Roger Federer, winner of 20: “You have to be a mental animal to win a Grand Slam. I think now I have more respect for Novak, Federer and Nadal. It’s amazing to play against one of them in the final: Nole seemed like he was fresh, that he hadn’t been playing tennis for the last two weeks”. “You can lose a Grand Slam in one day, but you can’t win it. It takes many days. You know you have to play a game and have a rest day, you have to have the mental capacity to keep doing the same thing for a fortnight at the highest level”, he continued.
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