De Minaur on Kyrgios: "Nick’s one of the nicest guys"

Alex De Minaur has come out and praised fellow Aussie Nick Kyrgios whom he described as often times misunderstood.

Nick Kyrgios has been plagued with controversy ever since he became a well-known player in the world of tennis. Since the pandemic, he has been fairly critical of fellow stars who have handled the quarantine and strict rules that come with it poorly. A fellow Aussie, De Minaur has defended Nick in the TODAY show by saying:

“Nick’s one of the nicest guys out there. He’s that person that’s always going to have your back, no matter what. "

Alex further continued:

“I’ve been fortunate enough to be in Davis Cup ties with him and get to know him better and play side by side with him and he’s one of those guys that has always had a lot of confidence in me and has always, from basically a junior, telling me to believe in myself and to go out there and take it."

Aware of the controversies that have plagued Kyrgios throughout his career Alex defended him by saying he was oftentimes misunderstood:

“He’s very misunderstood but he’s one of the nicest guys out there and he’ll always have your back. We’re almost brothers – pretty close.”  

Naturally, during a pandemic, the conversation shifted to that topic where Alex simply said:

“We’ve been dealt a very tough hand with everything that’s been happening,” de Minaur commented on the situation. It’s going to be tough, a lot of these players haven’t hit for 14 days so it’s going to take a couple of days to get used to it, maybe a week. "