Nick Kyrgios is in no shortage of confidence as the Australian backed himself ahead of the
Australian Open saying he's one of the best players in the world.
The Australian certainly has a case to make that claim because at times he did play as one of the best players in the world. He's currently ranked as number 21 in the world but he could certainly improve upon that if he continues playing consistently as he did last year. He briefly talked after a practice in Melbourne:
"I am one of the best players in the world so I'm definitely going to
go into the Australian Open, any tournament, with confidence. It's a bit different this time around for me being one of the
favourites. Usually I'm a dark horse type thing but now, obviously after
the year I've had, I'm one of the favourites so it's kind of new for me
as well."
He added:
"This is the first time I've genuinely gone into a slam feeling like
I'm one of the guys that can really take the trophy and knock on the
door. I don't know what I'm going to be feeling when I get out there. Usually
I've got nothing to lose and just putting on a show, but I've got to
try to really find that balance. Fourteen days to win one of these
things is not easy. Obviously I'm capable but so many other people are
capable as well."