As comfortable with his racket as he is with a microphone in hand, Nick Kyrgios is having a blast during this Australian fortnight. The Australian tennis player, hired by Eurosport as a commentator in Melbourne, wanders from court to court to interview the players with whom he has crossed swords for a long time.
Tuesday morning, Novak Djokovic qualified for the semi-finals of the Australian Open by defeating American Taylor Fritz in four sets (7-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 ). At the end of the match, the Serbian was obviously interviewed on court…by Nick Kyrgios!
The two men were as complicit during this exchange as they had been in exciting duels in previous years. Djokovic also explained that he was looking forward to seeing him play again: “We like you in the commentary booth, but even more on the courts! We hope to see you soon with a racket in hand. We miss you !” Kyrgios also congratulated him on the quality of the match: “I commentated for four hours, you were sending me kisses!”
Finally, the Australian asked Djokovic for his impressions regarding a possible shock against Sinner in the semi-final: “He has progressed a lot and we had some very nice matches in Turin.” Before concluding, to the laughter of the crowd: “Bring out the popcorn! »
