{"id":58528,"date":"2025-07-12T03:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T03:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58528\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T03:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T03:08:10","slug":"nick-kyrgios-says-whether-he-would-accept-novak-djokovic-or-andy-murray-as-his-coach-for-the-final-stages-of-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58528\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios says whether he would accept Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray as his coach for the final stages of his career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nick Kyrgios is set to return to tennis later this month, after announcing on social media he will feature at the Washington Open following the conclusion of the grass swing. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyrgios<\/a> hasn\u2019t featured at an ATP<\/a> tournament since the Miami Open in March, where he bowed out in the second round. <\/p>\n

He has made just one appearance at a Grand Slam in the last three years, which came earlier this season at the Australian Open. <\/p>\n

The 30-year-old missed Wimbledon<\/a> due to another injury setback, but is now ready to go again for the run-up to the US Open. <\/p>\n

Ahead of his comeback, Kyrgios, who hasn\u2019t had a head coach since 2017, was asked if he would appoint one of Novak Djokovic<\/a> or Andy Murray<\/a> for the final years of his career. <\/p>\n

\"NickPhoto by Frey\/TPN\/Getty ImagesNick Kyrgios\u2019 thoughts on Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray as potential coaches<\/p>\n

On potentially hiring Djokovic as a coach, Kyrgios said: \u201cFunny you say that because when we filmed my show Good Trouble in Australia, he said he would put me on a six-month training regime, his training regime. I said I would never, ever do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would not. Because this is what happens. Let me give you an example. Tsitsipas for example. He has had a better career than I have, he has more titles, made more money, made more of an imprint with results.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut has he had as much fun as Nick Kyrgios? I don\u2019t think so. I don\u2019t think he has enjoyed himself as much throughout his career. He has been very strict. There are two ways to go about it, and you can\u2019t have it both ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to do it. There is a part of me that would love it and I would understand what would happen if I did do that.<\/p>\n

\"NovakPhoto by Chris Hyde\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then I would probably be miserable for those six months. I would be miserable, and I enjoy the way I go about my tennis. I enjoy going about my training sessions and doing all this.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo player has really done all this type of stuff at the same stuff while they are playing, and I really enjoy doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I am sorry, Novak. He beat me in the Wimbledon final, but I have beaten him twice, so it\u2019s not like my style and the way I go about it\u2026 It works. Just maybe not on the biggest stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the idea of Murray taking up the role of his head coach was posed, he said: \u201cAndy would leave after a week! He would be fed up, trust me. He would be like get up, and I would be like f\u2014- off Andy. Get out of here. I couldn\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Nick Kyrgios says what his relationship is like with Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI feel like me and Murray for a good part of our careers, we were really good friends in the locker room.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would always have debates and arguments and conversations across the locker room, where everyone would chime in and listen.<\/p>\n

\u201c[We would discuss] tennis things, if there was a scandal going on or something with doping or anything like that. Me and him would have a conversation, and I feel like it was fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a period of time when me and Andy were really close, and I really enjoyed that time because I did not get along with many players, but Andy was definitely one of those guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cNovak now is awesome. He is a jokester, a prankster. He is like a big kid, to be honest. That\u2019s why I think he likes practicing with me because he remembers he is human, and this is all a bit of fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere people assume he is super professional, which he is, but what I can feel when I\u2019m around him is that he can let his hair down a bit and have a bit of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyrgios\u2019 next tournament, the Washington Open, will begin on the 21st of July. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios is set to return to tennis later this month, after announcing on social media he will…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[37279,1479,6532,9125,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-58528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-andy-murray","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-nick-kyrgios","11":"tag-novak-djokovic","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114838064720970677","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}