Andy Roddick issued the last word assertion on Nick Kyrgios, evaluating the Australian’s expertise to the one which Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic possessed – and all of it comes after the 2022 Wimbledon finalist appeared to make a doping allegation in opposition to the 2003 US Open winner.
For practically a 12 months now, the American tennis legend has been internet hosting a podcast. And due to Nadal’s retirement, subjects surrounding the Huge Three have been a frequent on the Served with Andy Roddick these days.
Within the newest episode, the previous world No. 1 talked about Kyrgios as somebody who was the closest to the Huge Three when it comes to expertise and IQ for the sport. And with that being mentioned, the 42-year-old mentioned it was a pity that the Australian was out of the sport for the final two years, particularly after a career-best season in 2022.
And never solely that, however the former five-time Grand Slam finalist mentioned he would not suppose twice if somebody supplied him to have the 29-year-old’s sport.
“Kyrgios is nice for the game. I want he was round extra usually. I’d like to see him in full flight committing to 3 years of the fitting selections. He’s wonderful. He’s one of many solely guys I’ve seen which are on par with the large three when it comes to expertise. He has that a lot expertise in his arms, in his tennis IQ, the best way he sees the sport. I might return in a heartbeat with out considering twice if I may have his sport and my potential to take ache. We might’ve been a great participant,” the 2003 US Open champion said on the Served with Andy Roddick.
When Kyrgios was just 18, he famously stunned Nadal in his 2014 Wimbledon debut. The following year, he clinched a thriller three-set win over Federer. When he met Djokovic for the first time in 2017, he collected back-to-back wins in Acapulco and Indian Wells.
When the Australian was just starting his career, he was tipped to win multiple Majors and reach the world No. 1 spot. And in 2022, he came very close to becoming a Slam winner but fell just short to Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.
Then, very unfortunate knee and wrist injuries happened and that limited the 29-year-old to just one tournament during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. However, he is slated to return to action in the first week of 2025 in Brisbane.
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Kyrgios made a strong comment about Roddick just a few days earlier
On his podcast, the American tennis legend defended Iga Swiatek after some questioned her explanation for a failed doping test. In the 42-year-old’s eyes, it was just “an unlucky state of affairs.”
“I can’t call it doping. It’s like taking a melatonin for jet lag at 2:30 in the morning in Cincy… Think about how many things had to go wrong for Iga Swiatek to get popped for melatonin and something that was contaminated. It’s just unfortunate for her obviously. A negative test in Paris at the Olympics, negative tests in New York. So this isn’t some ongoing thing,” Roddick mentioned.
“It just sucks. It just sucks ’cause the headlines people will say, the dumbest people in our sports, ‘Ah, doping!’ I’ve taken melatonin before. Who’s to say ours weren’t contaminated and are we going to continue to clutch pearls about one billionth of a gram of something or contaminated melatonin that didn’t have any performance enhancement.”
Throughout the summer time, Roddick described a few of the conspiracy theories concerning the Jannik Sinner case as “psychotic.”
And after the American shared his sincere opinion on the Swiatek doping case, one X person wasn’t impressed by it and made a really robust remark: “Why is Roddick so much pro doping in tennis!? What the hell!? With all the doping defending, one would’ve to think that Roddick must had a magical cream on his own during his playing career. There isn’t any other logical explanation.”
— Fifi (@FiFizolw) December 3, 2024
Kyrgios – who did not actually appear to simply accept the Pole’s clarification – responded to that since-deleted publish by agreeing with that declare: “Hahah most likely.”
Hahaha almost certainly https://t.co/ogFgYaNxAw
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) December 3, 2024
Throughout his professional profession – which lasted 12 years – the three-time Wimbledon finalist by no means failed a doping check. And due to that, some felt that the Australian went too far together with his touch upon X.
