"I’ve brought more to the sport than most, don’t be upset": Kyrgios brags about topping social media followers for ATP Tour in latest response to being trolled
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Nick
Kyrgios boasted about having more followers on social media than most of the
top-10 players.
Recently, a
tweet from the Relevan Tennis account listed the number of followers on
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for the current Top 10 players. Former world
No. 13 Nick Kyrgios reacted to the post with a brief comment, and a user
criticized his response, pointing out that he is not yet in the top 10 of the
ATP rankings.
“before
mocking the top 10 players for havng less followers than you you should reach
the top 10 first,” he wrote.
Kyrgios,
who has more than 5 million followers on social media, responded by comparing
his followers with those of the players on the list.
“No I think
it’s funny that I’ve brought more to the sport than most, don’t be upset x,” he
responded.
The list is
led by Novak Djokovic with 32.6M followers, followed by Alcaraz with 4.87M and
Stefanos Tsitsipas with 2.52M. In this way, Kyrgios surpasses nine out of the
top-10 players with the highest number of followers.
The ranking
is followed by Medvedev with 1.4M and Jannik Sinner with 1.05M. The rest of the
players have over 750K followers in total, including Frances Tiafoe, Casper
Ruud, Holger Rune, Andrey Rublev, and Taylor Fritz.
Kyrgios, on
the other hand, is currently ranked world No. 35 and has only played one match
in 2023, losing in the first round of the Stuttgart Open against Chinese player
Wu Yibing.
The
Australian will experience a significant drop in rankings as he will lose the
points from the DC Open, a tournament he won in 2022. This will bring him down
to world No. 92, and it is still unknown when he will make his return to the
ATP tour due to injuries that have hindered his regular participation
throughout the year.
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