Australian tennis star
Nick Kyrgios has lambasted journalist
Scott Barclay for claiming that he has changed his opinion about him.
The 28-year-old is amongst the most vocal players in the
world of tennis and that has not always gone down well with the fans as well as
his critics.
Recently, journalist Barclay stated that his opinion
regarding Kyrgios has changed over the period of time.
“Which tennis player have you changed your opinion of
dramatically over time? For me, it's Nick Kyrgios,” he said. “Used to love him
and defend him religiously, now everything I hear about him makes me dislike
him just a bit more.”
In response to that, the former world number 13 lambasted Barclay
by stating: “How many conversations you and I had in person? Moral of the story
is…. Why do you have an opinion. ‘What you read’ 😂 nice one.”
Kyrgios is currently spending a lengthy time on the sidelines
after suffering from fitness concerns in the recent past. It is because of this
reason he ended up missing all three Grand Slams this year.
That has definitely dented Kyrgios’ career progress, considering
last year was the best he had at the higher level where he ended up playing in
his first and till now the only Grand Slam final at Wimbledon.
Kyrgios ended up losing to Serbia’s legendary tennis star
and current world number two Novak Djokovic with a score of 4–6, 6–3, 6–4,
7–6(7–3).