Zizou Bergs calls out Nick Kyrgios's criticism on his French Open move

Belgium’s tennis player Zizou Bergs has taken a dig at Australia’s Nick Kyrgios and highlighted that he does not criticise well. The 29-year-old is famous for being outspoken and has been criticised for his comments and actions, both on and off the field.

Earlier this year, Bergs had a decent run in the French Open, where his journey was eventually cut short after he lost to Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov with a score of 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4. After winning the second-round clash against Germany’s Maximilian Marterer with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3, the Lommel-born star had an interesting celebration on the court which received mixed reviews from the fans on the social media.

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However, one person who was not impressed with those celebrations was Kyrgios, who, in a post on the social media platform X — previously known as Twitter — wrote a sentence to describe his feeling. “Lame”, he wrote. Bergs recently spoke to Clay, and he explained the reason behind such a celebration at the Roland Garros. The 25-year-old then went on to take a dig at Kyrgios, who, according to him, is not good with taking criticism.

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"I've got to say, the atmosphere in the French Open was ridiculous,” he said “It was so good from the first day of quallies until the last day I was playing there. Surreal. I was really grateful for that. Everything depends on how the atmosphere is going during the match. In Wimbledon, there’s a whole other vibe. It is different and unique. Less loud, more classic. It was quite funny, because after the French Open, every tournament I was playing I hear so many people shouting, ‘where is the party?’ Also in one on-court interview after a victory in s-Hertogenbosch the presentator asked me at the end ‘where is the party’. It's a lot of fun that the fans are vibing with me. I barely know him [Nick Kyrgios], but I have to say I do really like him. On court he's doing things a little bit differently. To say "lame" is a little bit less nice from him. He can criticize a lot, but when he gets criticized, he never takes it well. I'm not surprised that he's saying this.”

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