Nick Kyrgios: loves all ice cream, picks some tennis favorites
By Harry Floyd
Nick Kyrgios took to Twitter to respond to questions from fans. He talked Tottenham, his tennis favorites, and ice cream.
Nick Kyrgios is always interesting whether he’s on the court or talking to the press. That doesn’t change when he interacts with fans either.
The young Australian tennis star took to Twitter for a question and answer with fans this week. Among the topics covered were Tottenham football, some of his favorite tennis players to watch, his physique, and ice cream.
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Kyrgios rattled off Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as some of his favorite tennis players to watch. While many were irate that Nadal was not mentioned, Kyrgios made it a point to not take the comments so seriously.
Nick Kyrgios is the current world No. 20 in men’s singles tennis.
While Kyrgios may be done for the year on the court, he never disappoints when he interacts with the public. The young Australian is always an x-factor as one can never tell which Kyrgios will show up.
He commented here that he enjoys watching Federer, Murray, and Tsonga. Kyrgios also followed up saying that there are too many ice cream flavors to choose from. As for some saying that he snubbed Rafael Nadal in his answer about his tennis favorites, Kyrgios followed up giving Nadal credit for his huge win at the 2017 French Open. Nadal earned his tenth career singles title at the Grand Slam this year.
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At 22-years-old, Nick Kyrgios is a rising star in the sport of tennis. While some question his work ethic and desire to truly grow as a standout in men’s singles tennis, the young Australian has plenty of time to prove what type of player he will ultimately become. It is clear that he has the raw talent to rise in the rankings if he remains healthy and dedicates himself to the ATP World Tour. Recently, Kyrgios reached the finals at the 2017 China Open. Despite the finals loss to Nadal, the world No. 20 earned a much needed deep tournament run after a year of injury and intermittent play.
The 2018 ATP World Tour will be telling for Nick Kyrgios.
He is always fun to watch, but there is no doubt that fans would like to see him join the ranks of Grigor Dimitrov, Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem, and other young rising stars in the sport.
Check out his Twitter account here for a more in-depth look at his question and answer session with fans. Looking ahead in the ATP calendar, the ATP Finals in London are right around the corner. Several top players remain in contention for the final qualifying ATP Finals positions. Stay tuned to see how the tour wraps up in the coming weeks.