Former No. 8 thinks Nick Kyrgios has to work harder to reach top-10
Mark Philippoussis, a former Wimbledon finalist and the world no. 8 had to take a long trip from the USA to Canberra, entering the P² Invitational at Canberra Tennis Centre on Thursday. Mark enjoyed a charity event together with Wally Masur and John Fitzgerald, raising money for charities Raw Potential Canberra and answering some interesting questions about his compatriot Nick Kyrgios. After more than a year of struggling with injuries and battling to find motivation and confidence, Nick won the ATP 500 crown in Acapulco in an impressive way, beating Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka, John Isner and Alexander Zverev to regain the composure and improve his ranking position.
Nick failed to reproduce the winning path at Indian Wells, though, losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round, heading to Miami where Alexander Zverev defeated him in the fourth round last year. Philippoussis thinks Kyrgios has to work harder to reach the top-10 one day although he is on the right track after Acapulco. For the Aussie, that loss Nick suffered against Kohlschreiber is not a big deal, praising the German and his game.
"If you're asking me to be honest and say is he going down the way of the path of top-10? Not right now with the way things are going, but that can change," said Philippoussis. "But that has to be a change that someone wants. The good news is he came off a win, that's very positive, he's found his game and hopefully he can keep it going. It's as simple as that. Kohlschreiber is a very tough player. He's been around and he knows how to win. He's got a great game, one of the best and cleanest hitters on the tour so it's no surprise that Nick lost against him."
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