Nick Kyrgios is not an avid tennis fan, that goes without saying. However, the Australian seems to be enjoying this world, with a new cap, always upside down. He now stands out on the other side of the microphone, taking on the functions of commentator, columnist and even “journalist”, carrying out interviews with athletes (Editor’s note: like that of Coco Gauff on the sidelines of the Australian Open) .
Although his career is not officially over, and a reappearance on the courts this season remains possible for the former 13th player in the world, the whimsical Australian, notorious for his “bad boy” behavior with racket in hand, recently admitted no longer want to play tennis. “If it were up to me, I wouldn’t really want to play anymore, to be honest,” he confided during a recent interview.
Statements in contradiction with others, notably when he announced his withdrawal from the Australian Open on the Onlyfans platform, which he had joined a few days earlier as a content creator. A few days before the start of the tournament, he expressed that this package “broke his heart”, even though he had triumphed by winning the 2022 Australian Open in doubles, alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis.
In Australia, Nick Kyrgios is undertaking a new project: the creation of the video podcast “Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios”, produced by Hana Kuma, the platform founded by former world number one Naomi Osaka, with whom Nick Kyrgios defends, among others, the undeniable importance of mental health in high-level tennis, and the non-obligation to play every month, or even every week, as the ATP and WTA circuits “force” certain second-rate players to maintain a good ranking.
In “Good Trouble”, “Big Trouble” in French, Nick Kyrgios will meet personalities with strong characters, who “do things according to their good will.” Among its first guests are the former boxer Tyson Fury, the American tennis player Frances Tiafoe and the British chef Gordon Ramsay. This series of podcasts will be broadcast on Tennis Channel and Eurosport, a partner with whom the Australian began as a consultant during the 2023 ATP Finals.
At the same time, Nick Kyrgios will cover the Australian Open as a commentator for broadcaster Eurosport. A role that could continue in the future, although Nick Kyrgios prefers basketball and assiduously follows the Boston Celtics. Could he start commentating NBA games soon? The future will reveal it to us.