Great's intriguing Kyrgios claim after Ben Stiller chat

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Aussie tennis large Wally Masur has suggested a astonishment post-playing vocation for countryman Nick Kyrgios.

The 28-year-old acceptable tongues wagging connected Wednesday erstwhile helium engaged successful an intriguing Twitter chat with Hollywood A-lister Ben Stiller.

It began erstwhile Kyrgios - who withdrew from Roland-Garros owed to wounded and has not played since precocious past twelvemonth - posed, "Thinking astir coaching, immoderate takers?".

Stiller replied, "I'm unfastened to it. But would request to cognize you're serious".

Kyrgios responded, "Let's bash it. I'm each in, what you thinking?".

"First we request to determine who is coaching who," Stiller continued, to which Kyrgios replied, "I'll manager you to get you successful a nonrecreational tournament, past you manager maine to get maine successful a movie".

Kyrgios and Stiller had interacted publically antecedently during the Indian Wells tournament, erstwhile the Aussie responded to a heckler by pointing astatine Stiller, who was sitting successful the crowd, and asking, "Do I archer him however to act?".

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Whether Kyrgios is superior astir getting into tennis coaching oregon not, Masur believes it would beryllium a suitable vocation path.

"You cognize what? Nick would really marque a large coach," Masur told Stan Sport's Grand Slam Daily.

"He has large tennis nous. He truly does.

Nick Kyrgios astatine the World Tennis League successful Dubai. (Getty)

"Not that helium will, but helium would (make a large coach). You don't judge me? You look dubious."

Grand Slam Daily big Chris Stubbs was not truthful convinced.

"I judge you connected the IQ, it's conscionable Nick having to manager idiosyncratic and beryllium superior and controlled and measured," Stubbs said.

"It would beryllium chill to see. And him and Ben Stiller - you could marque a movie conscionable astir that."

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Kyrgios himself has not had a manager for a fig of years, being 1 of lone a fistful of players connected circuit to opt against employing one.

He has said connected a fig of occasions helium knows his crippled amended than anyone else, truthful helium sees nary request for a coach.

"I would ne'er enactment that load connected someone," Kyrgios said past year.

"I consciousness similar nary 1 knows my tennis amended than I do. I've been playing this athletics since I was seven... I'm beauteous happy."

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