Published on December 16, 2024 at 9:55 p.m. – updated on December 16, 2024 at 10:20 p.m. Guillaume Marion
As they begin the 2025 season in Brisbane, Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios will also team up together in doubles. An association that does not necessarily leave one indifferent.
Clearly, the organizers of the Brisbane tournament can rub their hands. Indeed, one of the first big tournaments of 2025 should attract crowds, or at least looks. Because, if Novak Djokovic has for once decided to start his season there, the former world number one has not planned to take it easy shortly before the Australian Open (from January 12 to 26). This Monday, Nick Kyrgios has indeed announced that he and the Serb will play the doubles together in the state capital of Queensland. What has long been a more or less realistic possibility in the past will therefore become reality in a few days. “ Double in Brisbane. See you there », Launched the Australian, via a story on his Instagram account, all accompanied by a photo of the two players when they entered the court before the final at Wimbledon in 2022.
The relationship between the two players has sometimes been very tense
This dream duo will indeed see the light of day. Yet, in the past, the relationship between Djokovic and Kyrgios was sometimes very, very frosty, before improving recently, and becoming a real “bromance”. “I’ve said it before, I think he’s good for the sport. He is different. He handles his tennis, on and off the court, in his own, authentic way. Everyone has the freedom and the right to express themselves as they wish. I respect him for his tennis. I think he is very talented. He has a very strong game. He has proven in the past that he has the weapons to beat the best players in the world. But off the court I don’t have a lot of respect for him, to be honest. I won’t say more. I have no further comments to make about him, what he says or what he is trying to do. “, declared the Serbian, in particular, about his future teammate in Brisbane, during a press conference before the Australian Open in 2021. One thing is certain: the show should be there with them.
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