Sock and Kyrgios ousted at Atlanta Open

Kyrgios and Sock finally got the opportunity to play together which is something they have done in the past. The duo are close friends and enjoy each other's company. Sock spoke about their friendship earlier in the week explaining how good it was to see Nick after 18 months:

“We’ve played together a bunch before and we’re close friends. I actually haven’t seen him in about 18 months since the pandemic hit. We actually all had dinner in Indian Wells right before they announced the whole Tour – and the whole world, really – was shutting down."

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Sock also spoke about how they finally found each other on tour again as neither played events the other played so they wanted to take the opportunity and play together:

"We all had dinner in Indian Wells and then we all flew to our separate homes the next day. That was the last time we saw each other. But I knew he was playing here, and this was the first tournament that we actually played together since that time. I figured we’d lace them up and see what happens."