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Nick Kyrgios received a different kind of birthday gift from his fellow professional, Stefanos Tsitsipas, on Monday. The Greek sensation played a prank on Kyrgios and shared the Australian star’s number with his fans. Consequently, Nick revealed the damage Tsitsipas had done after sharing his number.

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On Monday, Tsitsipas continued his trend of posting an image of him standing in public holding a piece of cardboard. However, this time Stefanos held one that read ‘call me’, followed by a phone number which he captioned: “lift others up”.

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Subsequently, Kyrgios took to the social media and revealed that Tsitsipas has given out his number, and urged everyone to stop calling him. “You are an absolute idiot, everyone stop calling me!!!!!”, wrote Kyrgios.

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However, Nick had to shut his phone off. Moreover, he might need to change his number as fans aren’t going to stop calling or texting him. Later, Tsitsipas also posted an image with another cardboard sign saying, “Stop calling Nick.”  However, the damage was already done.

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Subsequently, Kyrgios, in an Instagram story, urged everyone to stop bothering him as he couldn’t use his phone. “What’s up guys, I understand that it’s my birthday today, 25, it’s a big one. But please, I understand that Tsitsipas posted my number on his Instagram. Please stop calling me. I can’t even play music, I can’t do anything, please stop calling me. Appreciate it,” he said in the video.

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Nick Kyrgios filmed the chaos created by Stefanos Tsitsipas

And now, Nick Kyrgios has posted another video to show his followers just how extensive the chaos was. In the video, he was scrolling through the never-ending stream of messages and missed calls he received from the fans. “Thanks, Stefanos Tsitsipas,” wrote Kyrgios.

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We can infer from the video that it must have been terrible for Kyrgios to not be able to use his phone on his birthday. We hope that everyone understands his situation and stops bothering him.

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Starting off as a tennis author in 2018, Varun Khanna has gone on to contribute to EssentiallySports in various capacities. After setting up interviews with the likes of Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou, Alizé Cornet, and Noah Rubin, Varun is now part of all major ATP and WTA press conferences and has gone on to pen more than 1300 articles for EssentiallySports. He now heads the tennis and NBA division of the organization. While writing remains a passion for him, Varun has branched out into the marketing and communications department of EssentiallySports as well. When he wants to relax, Varun doesn’t have to venture away from tennis and NBA; he simply tunes in to Rafael Nadal and Michael Jordan’s exploits in their respective sports, past and present.

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