Nick Kyrgios has taken one other swipe at critics after his pre-Australian Open exhibition observe match with Novak Djokovic swiftly bought out.
The pair will play on Friday evening at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena for 75 minutes beneath match circumstances, with umpires, ballkids and digital line-calling.
The $20 tickets for the competition between final yr’s Wimbledon finalists went on sale on Tuesday and reportedly bought out in just below an hour.
“Wow Nick Kyrgios is bad for the sport! Wow what a disgrace, a national embarrassment! How dare he sell out another stadium, the arrogance,” Kyrgios wrote on Twitter.
Kyrgios’ lead-up to the primary grand slam of the yr has been clouded by harm. He pulled out of the United Cup and Adelaide International 2 resulting from an ankle downside.
Proceeds from the observe match are going in direction of the Australian Tennis Foundation.
“Nick is focused on doing the best he can,” event director Craig Tiley advised reporters earlier this week.
“He wants to win grand slams, so he’s giving himself the best opportunity to prepare and Friday night will be a really good practice match for him, as it will be for Novak.
“That’s going to be a fun night to really launch the beginning of the year and he’ll be ready.”
