Nick Kyrgios has caught is boot into Bernard Tomic from out of nowhere.
The Aussie was tweeting up a storm as his workforce competed within the World Tennis League in Dubai and latched onto one reply from a tennis fan.
The social media exchanges got here after Tennis Australia on Wednesday introduced six extra Australian wildcards for the Australian Open, starting January 16.
Tomic was not on the listing of wildcards handed out to Aussies with Alexei Popyrin, Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata all given direct passage into the principle draw of the yr’s first grand slam.
On the ladies’s aspect Olivia Gadecki will make her event debut twelve months after opting out of the Australian Open for declining to get vaccinated.
Storm Hunter and Talia Gibson will even compete in Melbourne, becoming a member of former world No. 1 Venus Williams as wildcards for the opening grand slam of 2023.
The announcement was crushing news for John Millman, James Duckworth, Max Purcell and Aleksandar Vukic, who’re preventing for the remaining wildcard accessible.
Tomic, the world No. 462, has barely obtained a point out.
When one Twitter person urged Tomic “surely” deserved a wildcard, Kyrgios responded: “Hahahahaha NO HE DOESNT”.
Tomic has been languishing away on the Challenger circuit however has nonetheless discovered a solution to hearth a couple of photographs at Kyrgios.
They locked horns in October when Kyrgios was requested by a fan throughout an Instagram reside Q+A whether or not an exhibition match in opposition to Tomic would occur.
Kyrgios mentioned: “TBH, don’t think I wanna make him relevant anymore. I’m not gonna bother with someone 800 in the world. But all the best.”
But the remark left the door open for Tomic who replied: “Just a matter of time before I see you Nicky boy. #obsessed #scared”.
There’s no love misplaced between the 2 dangerous boys of the game Down Under and in May it flared up once more.
Responding on Instagram in May to a fan who claimed Tomic was higher than Kyrgios, the Canberran responded: “Better in what way? I’ve got a higher career high (ranking). More money, more wins and give back whenever I can.
“It’s time for BT to just quiet down. He ain’t even playing anymore. I got years left.”
Tomic posted screenshots of these quotes on his Instagram story late on Wednesday evening, then uploaded movies of himself mocking Kyrgios.
“The only logical explanation is that I’m his idol,” Tomic mentioned. “He’s always been in my shadow growing up.
“That’s why anytime someone mentions my name to him, it gets under his skin.
“He knows he can’t re-write history. The records that I set when I was 16, 17, 18, and 19 — youngest slam quarter-finalist at Wimbledon (since Boris Becker), the biggest tournament in the world.
“He knows he can’t change that, he can’t re-write that and he would love to shut me up if he could, he knows he can’t.
“He knows my style dominates his and he knows he will lose.”
Kyrgios then took to Instagram to share some ideas of his personal.
“HAHA TOMIC let’s not forget the time I paid for your flight home from Shanghai because you had no money,” Kyrgios wrote.
“Hahahaha re-write history, you are the most HATED athlete in Australia.
“You are right, no one can take over that.”
Kyrgios then posted a screenshot of Tomic’s current outcomes, including: “Bernard, I didn’t realise it was this bad. I low key feel bad now.
“Hit me up if you need me to help you remember how to play. Geezus.”
