"Imagine tweeting 86,000 times" - Opelka engaged in online battle with tennis journalist, Nick Kyrgios tweets approval

Reilly Opelka was involved in a war of words with tennis journalist David Law on social media on Tuesday night, thanks to his controversial opinion on voting.

Amidst plenty of tennis players urging their fans to go out and vote in the American midterm elections, Opelka went in the opposite direction, criticizing the mix of tennis and politics.

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Ironically mocking celebrities who were sharing messages to their followers telling them to vote, the American opined that politics and ideology should not come into tennis. Further adding that he did not have an ideology, the 25-year-old declared that forcing others to subscribe to one's morality was not right.

Tennis fans on Twitter were quick to hit back, calling Opelka "an embarrassment" for his non-political stance and rebuking him for his unnecessarily edgy takes. Among them was also tennis journalist David Law, who mocked the American in the same style, tweeting:

"Imagine tweeting 'Imagine telling people to go vote'," Law tweeted.

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Opelka responded with an ad hominem attack, pointing out that Law spends too much time on Twitter, implying in the process that somehow his arguments meant less as a result.

"Imagine tweeting 86k times. Dude already living in the metaverse," Opelka tweeted.

This is where Reilly Opelka got help from an unlikely ally, Australia's Nick Kyrgios. Kyrgios, who had not reacted to anything regarding the situation until then, climbed on board after seeing the comments against Law, replying with a series of laugh-out-loud emojis to show his amusement and approval.