A fantastic run of shape within the latter part of 2022 put Nick Kyrgios a few of the Grand Slam contenders and whilst the Australian is aware of a lot is anticipated of him heading into Melbourne Park subsequent month he says he has realized to include the power.
After years of underachieving, the gifted however temperamental Kyrgios gained the Citi Open in Washington and reached his first Grand Slam singles last at Wimbledon, the place he misplaced to Novak Djokovic.
The 27-year-old, who gained the Australian Open The males’s doubles identify in January with countryman Thanasi Kokkinakis additionally reached the USA Open quarter-finals, happening in 5 units to Karen Khachanov.
His highest end result within the Australian Open singles match was once a quarter-final berth in 2015 and it’s protected to mention his compatriots be expecting him to head a lot deeper on the season-opening Grand Slam this time round.
“… I completely understand going on the match court with all this expectation that ‘Nick Kyrgios (has a) legitimate chance to win a Grand Slam now’,” Kyrgios advised Eurosport in an interview revealed on Thursday.
“There’s a lot of pressure there especially having the Australian Open and everyone in Australia expecting big things from me. It’s a lot to handle sometimes. Being in the spotlight is not easy.
“I believe like I’ve embraced that and I’ve taken that problem on. It’s now not simple, I’ve in point of fact labored onerous to check out and channel it, internalize it and use it as gas,” added Kyrgios, who’s competing on the Diriyah Tennis Cup in Saudi Arabia.
The 2023 Australian Open will happen at Melbourne Park from Jan. 16-29.
After years of underachieving, the gifted however temperamental Kyrgios gained the Citi Open in Washington and reached his first Grand Slam singles last at Wimbledon, the place he misplaced to Novak Djokovic.
The 27-year-old, who gained the Australian Open The males’s doubles identify in January with countryman Thanasi Kokkinakis additionally reached the USA Open quarter-finals, happening in 5 units to Karen Khachanov.
His highest end result within the Australian Open singles match was once a quarter-final berth in 2015 and it’s protected to mention his compatriots be expecting him to head a lot deeper on the season-opening Grand Slam this time round.
“… I completely understand going on the match court with all this expectation that ‘Nick Kyrgios (has a) legitimate chance to win a Grand Slam now’,” Kyrgios advised Eurosport in an interview revealed on Thursday.
“There’s a lot of pressure there especially having the Australian Open and everyone in Australia expecting big things from me. It’s a lot to handle sometimes. Being in the spotlight is not easy.
“I believe like I’ve embraced that and I’ve taken that problem on. It’s now not simple, I’ve in point of fact labored onerous to check out and channel it, internalize it and use it as gas,” added Kyrgios, who’s competing on the Diriyah Tennis Cup in Saudi Arabia.
The 2023 Australian Open will happen at Melbourne Park from Jan. 16-29.