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‘Novak & I Aren’t Killing the Game’ – Nick Kyrgios Vehemently Defends His Million-Dollar Exhibition Stance as He Gives Bizarre Advice to the ATP

Published 12/25/2022, 6:15 AM EST

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Nick Kyrgios is once again on square one explaining his month-old controversial stand. But this time the conversation is with a different tennis player. The American tennis player Noah Rubin’s, who switched his professional sport from tennis to pickleball, recent comments over Aussie tennis players might have caught him off guard. 

The 27-year-old tennis player for his exhibition tour in Saudi Arabia, took a lot of heat for accepting a six-figure check to play an exhibition tour rather than compete in the Davis Cup. However, it appears that the heat is still present as the tennis star is once more forced to give an explanation for the same.

Nick Kyrgios again defeats his six-dollar stand

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The heat regarding the six-digit paycheck rose up again. Recently, the 26-year-old American tennis player took to his Twitter account to share a question regarding all the Australian tennis players and wrote, “How are there tennis matches being played right now? very few care and takes the buildup out of Aussie. Getting worse every year” 

To this question, the Wimbledon finalist responded humorously and mentioned the six-figure paycheck arrangement. He dded that a tennis player would love to week in and week out if the player has been treated with a hefty deal. However, it felt like Rubin made his stand clear that he is not blaming any tennis player. But “Just saying it dilutes tennis.” 

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The world number 22 tennis player responded to the American tennis player’s comment about diluted tennis. Subsequently, clearly describes how exhibitions feature the largest players in the world. He wrote, “these exo’s have the biggest stars in the world Kinda like an ALL STAR game. I would have to suggest that these 250’s week in week out could have an impact of the game being ‘diluted’… I would say an event around the world with players like Novak & I aren’t killing the game.”

Where did the Six digit paycheck fume?

It was almost a month ago, when the Australian tennis star made the difficult decision to choose the Saudi Arabia exhibition tour over representing Australia in the Davis Cup. The tennis star was questioned over his decision to forego playing for his nation. 

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The Wimbledon finalist explains that, in terms of experience, spending time with his family and girlfriend is far more valuable to him than representing his own country. Not only that, but he also added that he gets to enjoy Saudi Arabia along with his girlfriend. And also make a solid living while competing in the Diriyah Cup.

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Pratishtha Prakash

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Pratishtha Prakash is a Tennis writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media and Journalism from MIT ADT University, Pune. In the past, she has interned at the sports desk of The Hitavada, a regional English daily newspaper.
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