Nick Kyrgios needs a slap, says former golfer
The former Australian golf player Paul Gow was disappointed to see Nick Kyrgios writing on his social media channels that the French Open sucked. In an interview, Gow said: “He’s lowering his expectation as a professional athlete. That’s what you’ve got to do sometimes, is lower that down, but this is to another level. He is a fair dinkum brat, he needs a slap. It’s a privilege to be a professional athlete, and he might make 20, 30 million dollars but at the end of the day he’s a brat.”
Australian sports journalist Adam Peacock added: “He continues to make headlines. I think he makes more headlines here than anywhere else in the world, so I don’t think it will be too vitriolic when he gets to the French Open. But they won’t take kindly to it. He’s now alienated people watching him, and he does that. But he also gets people behind him because he is a point of difference. He’s trying to prove something. I’m not sure what it is. I’ve got a fair idea what it is. It’s that ‘I don’t care’ so whatever happens, happens. Maybe a version of existentialism or something.
“I mean, Federer said it was only a chair. When I saw that I thought that’s tennis’s problem. But two questions. One, has he got any mates that can drag him into line and take him for a beer or something? And secondly, have we seen the best of him, even though he’s only 24? Do you feel he’s on this spiral down now?”
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2KcXi9j
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