{"id":302296,"date":"2023-12-13T15:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T15:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302296"},"modified":"2023-12-13T15:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T15:54:39","slug":"nick-kyrgios-hits-out-at-tennis-pundits-after-stepping-into-new-tv-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/nick-kyrgios-hits-out-at-tennis-pundits-after-stepping-into-new-tv-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios hits out at tennis pundits after stepping into new TV role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Nick-Kyrgios-tennis-pundits-TV-5113741.jpg?r=1702481979905\"><\/p>\n<p>Nick Kyrgios has tried his hand at punditry in the last few weeks while he continues his recovery from injury. But the Australian admits he is not a fan of some former players giving their opinions on modern tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios has been working for The Tennis Channel since mid-November. He has dabbled with some commentary and had a glimpse of what life could be like once he hangs up his racket.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has played just one match in 2023 and has already ruled himself out of next year&#8217;s Australian Open. He has been able to watch a lot more tennis while being on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>And one aspect of the sport he is not happy with is the opinions of some ex-professionals on TV. Kyrgios told The Athletic: &#8220;Sometimes it\u2019s hard to watch these old heads kind of break down the game all the time for new fans. It\u2019s like some of the stuff they say doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive tennis news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Read more&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Novak Djokovic declares &#8216;I have more money than I need&#8217; and vows to help stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/Nick-Kyrgios-tennis-pundits-TV-5113744.jpg?r=1702481980037\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jim Courier is really good, the way he articulates things, but some of these other people, I\u2019m just like, \u2018What are you talking about?\u2019. Like, \u2018How do you know?\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios is particularly irked by pundits who claim stars of previous eras would be equally as effective in the modern game. He added: &#8220;The game was so slow back then.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve watched Boris Becker and I\u2019m not saying they weren\u2019t good in their time, but to say that they would be just as good now, it\u2019s absurd. A big serve back then was like 197 to 200 (km per hour). People like me, we serve 220 consistently, to corners. 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Kyrgios claimed there were already signs that tennis had moved on from the American before he retired.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I\u2019m not saying they wouldn\u2019t have found their way. But serve and volley, to do it all the time now, you need to be serving 220, because if you serve anything less than 220, bro, [Novak] Djokovic eats you alive. He eats you alive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bro, Lleyton Hewitt destroyed Sampras one year at the US Open. That was the first prototype of someone who could return serve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He made Sampras look like s**t. And what would Djokovic do to someone like Sampras? It would be a cleanup. If Hewitt was doing it, Djokovic would destroy him. He would eat him alive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/1845231\/Nick-Kyrgios-tennis-pundits-TV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Kyrgios has tried his hand at punditry in the last few weeks while he continues his recovery from injury. <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nick Kyrgios hits out at tennis pundits after stepping into new TV role - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/nick-kyrgios-hits-out-at-tennis-pundits-after-stepping-into-new-tv-role\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nick Kyrgios hits out at tennis pundits after stepping into new TV role - 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