'National embarrassment': Kyrgios whacks haters

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Nick Kyrgios has taken different swipe astatine critics who assertion helium is atrocious for tennis aft his signifier lucifer against Novak Djokovic sold retired wrong an hour.

Kyrgios and Djokovic volition look disconnected at Rod Laver Arena connected Friday nighttime successful a hit-out anterior to the Australian Open, and tennis fans filled retired the venue successful conscionable 58 minutes contempt being charged $20 per ticket.

Following the quality of the sellout, Kyrgios took to societal media to instrumentality a swipe astatine his naysayers.

"Wow Nick Kyrgios is atrocious for the sport! Wow what a disgrace, a nationalist embarrassment! How situation helium merchantability retired different stadium, the arrogance," helium wrote connected Twitter.

Kyrgios' absorption came aft the quality of fans being charged to be the accumulation lucifer was met with mixed reactions connected societal media.

The accumulation contention volition beryllium the pair's archetypal gathering since their clash successful past year's Wimbledon final, which Djokovic won successful 4 sets.

Kyrgios and Djokovic's narration has travel connected leaps and bounds implicit the past 12 months, with Djokovic attributing it to the Aussie's enactment of him erstwhile helium was deported past year.

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"He was 1 of the precise fewer that stood by maine past year, and I respect that and admit that," Djokovic said past week.

"In those moments you tin really spot who genuinely supports you and who is by your broadside and who goes with the travel of the nine and the pressures that media puts connected you."

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