Thanasi Kokkinakis reveals Nick Kyrgios could not have a good time their Australian Open doubles victory and that’s one thing that also bothers him to at the present time.
On twenty ninth January, 2022, the Australian pair lifted their maiden Grand Slam title in doubles after beating Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell 7-5 6-4 within the ultimate.
Afterward, Kyrgios alerted the Melbourne crowd that his good pal was planning to exit for a celebration and cheekily added: “So ladies, let’s go.”
For context, Kokkinakis was single on the time.
However that evening, the 2 shut associates – who’ve identified one another since childhood and signed up for the Australian Open doubles as a result of they wished some enjoyable – did not exit collectively to have a good time.
“I keep in mind a enjoyable evening afterwards that he (Nick) wasn’t part of as a result of he took an early flight the following morning which I’m nonetheless p—– off with him about! So I needed to do it for the each of us,” the 28-year-old told Express-Sport.
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios© YouTube screenshot
Kokkinakis: Me and Kyrgios partied later
While the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up didn’t go out with his friend on the night of their Slam triumph, they still had some fun later on.
“It’s weird because it got really delayed. I was trying to convince him because I was like, ‘We’ve celebrated nothing many times so the one time we actually had a reason to celebrate, we didn’t do it.’ But we’ve had a few nights,” the world No. 77 added.
As a result of Kyrgios was injured, they did not get to defend their Australian Open title in 2023 and so they additionally did not compete in Melbourne earlier this yr.
However now that the 29-year-old has returned to being absolutely wholesome and that he’s set to return in the beginning of 2025, he and Kokkinakis have confirmed that they are going to return to the Australian Open as a pair in January.
