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‘Analyzing My Serve’ – Nick Kyrgios Finds a New Coach in Naomi Osaka as the Duo Train Together in LA

Published 03/03/2022, 11:51 PM EST

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.Nick Kyrgios is a well-known name in the tennis fraternity. Be it for his skilful display of scrappy tennis, or his on-court antics, he is an entertainer through and through. Recently, his fans were treated to a video of him training with Naomi Osaka, yet another tennis star, whose popularity knows no bounds.

Kyrgios posted the video on his Instagram, with the caption: “Quick LA session with @naomiosaka Analysing my serve to find any small detail… Her hunger to learn was pretty epic to see from a champ like her.”

 

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Osaka, who is a four-time grand slam champion, and a former world no. 1 is currently recovering from a minor injury and preparing for her appearance at the Indian Wells. At the Australian Open 2022, she spoke about how she finds Kyrgios’s style of playing inspiring.

“I thought his serve was awesome. I don’t think my serve percentage was as good as his, but it was really nice to see him back and having the crowd so hyped up,” she said.

Nick Kyrgios also opened up about mental health

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Naomi Osaka, other than being a phenomenal player is also an activist. She has publicly spoken about mental health issues and is passionate about the same.

Nick Kyrgios is not behind when it comes to discussing one such important topic. He opened up on how talking about these things is even more difficult under the constant scrutiny that “social media and stuff” make people go through.

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Currently, Nick is aiming for a return to the Top 100, even though his next scheduled tournament has not been announced yet.

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He has been pretty vocal about having other interests, apart from tennis. He once also spoke about how he used to care about people’s opinions before but has since grown out of that habit.

The Australian even discussed his recent struggles in an interview, “And say I’m actually struggling mentally like they’re afraid to go to their friends or their parents because they are made to they think they’re weak. I feel like we’ve all kind of been through some pretty rough places where we were struggling and we knew like what’s wrong type thing.

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Rishma Banerjee is a tennis author at EssentiallySports. Having done her masters in Political Science with International Relations from Jadavpur University, Rishma's outlet from the hustle-bustle of academics has always been sports, especially Tennis. A die-hard fan of Rafael Nadal, she admires his grit, determination and dedication towards always being better. When not writing content for firms dealing with fintech to social media marketing to sports, she finds herself in journals and books dealing with geopolitics and strategic studies or scrolling endlessly through Tumblr!
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