ATP: Kyrgios competes with the basketball pros

Basketball is the second great passion of Nick Kyrgios. It’s no wonder that the Australian convinced two professionals from the domestic league during a fun training session.

It speaks for Nick Kyrgios that he doesn’t mince his words. Whether everyone involved always wants to hear the whole truth at once is unclear, but if he, Kyrgios, the big basketball fan, says that he has never attended a game of the highest Australian league, then so be it. Two basketball players who earn their living there have to live with it.

There is a small chance that Nick Kyrgios will find himself in Melbourne United’s jersey in the next few years. An honest little chance, admittedly, but after a workout at the Melbourne National Tennis Center, Chris Goulding and Casper Ware were so enthusiastic about the skills of the Australian Enfant Terribles that the head of the team, Steve Crivelli, let himself be enraptured by the statement:”If he wants to and is available, we can make it happen,” says Adelaide Now. Crivelli is said to have had a grin on his face.

But there is no question about the talent of basket hunter Nick Kyrgios – testified to by Goulding and Ware, both of whom play for Melbourne United:”We’ve seen some highlights of what Nick can do on the basketball pitch,”Goulding says,”He’s very talented. It’s a pity he chose tennis.”

The prerequisites for the profession of basketball player would have been met at Kyrgios with a height of 1.93 meters – even if the average salute is slightly more than 204 centimeters in the best league in the world, the National Basketball Association in the USA “I played basketball as a child and had to decide between this sport and tennis.

Current developments in the NBA will give Kyrgios even more pleasure. After all, the team of his choice is based in Boston, where the Celtics team of superstar Kyrie Irving and the German Daniel Theis, who live there, currently have the best record of the league. Kyrgios’ impressive honesty also means that he knows how to appreciate his abilities. After training with the two basketball pros he told them that he would probably not reach their level.