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Nick Kyrgios, the Australian tennis ace, never shies away from expressing himself. He takes his stand fearlessly, regardless of the outcome. Kyrgios recently touched the peak of his career; his first ever Grand Slam finals at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

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Therefore, now when Kyrgios jumps into any debate, his words resonate. Speaking of which, on Monday he reacted to the basketball giant LeBron James’ comeback.

Nick Kyrgios hypes LeBron James

Kyrgios took on Twitter to share Uninterrupted, an athlete empowerment brand’s post captioned “I woke up to DMX on my playlist today,” showcasing LeBron James delivering some sleek basketball shots. And wrote, “My god.”

The two times Olympic gold medalist hasn’t taken part in any tournament for a long time now. Therefore, his comeback to the Drew League summer basketball program on Saturday surprised fans all over the world and garnered mixed reactions. Though from the Aussie’s reaction, it is quite clear which side he is.

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James teamed up with DeMar DeRozan, a fellow NBA star and Los Angeles native on MMV Cheaters who defeated Black Pearl elite 103-102 in a matchup of previously unbeaten teams.

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Kyrgios on the grass

Starting with the Germany-based events, the 27-year-old enrolled for Stuttgart Open. There, by showing pure class, he made up to the semifinals but couldn’t get the better of the 2 times Wimbledon champion Andy Murray. Following that, Kyrgios stepped on the grass courts of the Halle Open. In the ATP 500 event’s semifinals, Hubert Hurkacz, the eventual champion, barred him from booking a final round encounter with World No.1 Daniil Medvedev.

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Then came the biggest event of grass swing, that is the Wimbledon Championships. Though the Grand Slam had no ranking points to offer this season, getting a chance to embrace the trophy in itself is a major achievement. The former world no.13 started his Wimbledon journey with a bang by thrashing the former world No.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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Thereafter, he outclassed the American tennis ace Brandon Nakashima, Chilean No.1 Cristian Garín, and took a free pass to the semi-finals against Rafael Nadal. However, in the finals, he lost his grip on the match after claiming the first set and gifted Novak Djokovic his 4th consecutive Wimbledon title.

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