Nick Kyrgios is laughing at women’s tennis

The Wimbledon finalist dropped in from nowhere after Aussie tennis nice Rennae Stubbs on Sunday morning spoke out to advertise ladies’s tennis following the absorbing French Open closing between Iga Swiatek and Karolina Muchova on Saturday night time.

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Despite the drama of Swiatek’s 6-2 5-7 6-4 victory it didn’t go unnoticed that followers had been nonetheless desperately calling for Ash Barty to return from her retirement to offer the WTA Tour the enhance of a doubtlessly epic rivalry with the world No. 1.

Swiatek claimed her third Roland Garros title and fourth profession main — with all coming within the final three years — however that wasn’t sufficient for some followers and tennis commentators.

Stubbs, nevertheless, was targeted extra on the on-court rollercoaster and was clearly pleased with the spectacle the Roland Garros closing delivered.

“Don’t tell me women’s tennis boring! The semis were better and now this final is fantastic,”
Stubbs wrote on Twitter.

“Yes the 2nd set of Alcaraz-Joker was amazing but the match was blah and the Rudd Zverev match was BLAHHH. Thank goodness for the ladies!”

Kyrgios responded with a laughing with tears of pleasure emoji.

When Stubbs retorted: “Tell me where I’m wrong Nick?” — Kyrgios responded with one other laughing emoji.

The 28-year-old was clearly in a laughing temper and in addition replied to a different tweet from tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou with a laughing emoji.

Mouratoglou posted: “When was the last time we have seen a female player with such a complete tennis as Muchova?”.

Stubbs was additionally in a temper and was responding to different followers criticising the usual of the WTA Tour.

She responded to at least one Twitter consumer’s remark about ladies’s tennis needing to be a best-of-five-sets contest by writing: “We do not need best of 5!! FOR GODS SAKE! this is going to be a 3 hour match! you want 5/6 hours! NO ONE NEEDS 5 + hours…we had an almost 4 hour match in the tournament in the women’s…stop asking for more, 3 is enough. That Rudd match should have been 2 out of 3 it was so bad”.

It’s not the primary time Kyrgios and Stubbs have been concerned in a social media storm in a tea cup. Stubbs final 12 months took a shot on the quickly-growing sport of pickleball. Kyrgios final 12 months was one in every of many high-profile athletes, together with Naomi Osaka and celebrity NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes, to put money into shopping for a Major League Pickleball franchise within the United States.

NBA legends LeBron James and Kevin Durant additionally not too long ago purchased into the quickly increasing novelty sport.

Kyrgios, in the meantime, has landed in Germany and is getting ready to make his comeback on the ATP Tour on the Stuttgart Open this week.