Andy Roddick went off on Nick Kyrgios on the newest episode of his podcast, saying that the Australian “lives for likes” and ripping his feedback about Cruz Hewitt as “ridiculous.”
Over the weekend, the 16-year-old – who’s the son of one in every of Australia’s finest tennis gamers ever – received an opportunity to hit with Jannik Sinner at Melbourne Park and he later posted a post-practice selfie on Instagram.
Kyrgios, who has been just about criticizing the ATP world No. 1 each day since August for his failed doping take a look at, was upset to see the promising Australian sharing the court docket with the two-time Grand Slam champion.
Nick Kyrgios feedback© Instagram
Followers but in addition some members of the tennis group immediately began scrutinizing the 29-year-old, with the bulk arguing that it was unacceptable for him to deliver 16-year-old Hewitt into his concern with Sinner’s failed doping take a look at.
“At this point he is a tennis influencer. He lives for likes, he lives in the comments section,” the 2003 US Open champion said on the Served with Andy Roddick.
Roddick on Kyrgios’ comments to Hewitt: It’s ridiculous
“So Cruz Hewitt is 16 years old, son of Lleyton, the toughest competitor that I have ever played in my life, gets to hit with a guy who is number one in the world at the Australian Open. That is a big deal,” the American tennis legend added.
“Imagine as an almost 30-year-old man, going into the comments of a 16-year-old who is (hitting with) the best player in the world. If you think (Jannik) is guilty or not guilty, it’s still a moment when you get to do that.
“That’s a big moment and to simply post a picture and then have this guy go into the comments and make it all about himself, (commenting) ‘I thought we were bros.’
“The defense was all made that it was a joke. The lack of awareness you have with bringing trolls and all of the worst of tennis fandom into a 16-year-old’s comments is ridiculous. It’s ridiculous.”
In the meantime, the 16-year-old Australian did not reply to Kyrgios – a minimum of not publicly.
Relating to Sinner, for months he has been refusing to reply to a single factor that the Australian says about him.
Solely in the course of the US Open when he was requested concerning the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up’s feedback, the world No. 1 merely acknowledged that everybody was entitled to their very own opinion and that he would depart it at that.
