Nick Kyrgios… needs to stay off Twitter.
The 23-year-old – who was eliminated from the Australian Open in round one – has decided to take a swipe at quarter-finalist Serena Williams.
The Australian tennis player weighed in on recently resurfaced comments Olympic swimmer Leisel Jones made in July last year that Williams would “flog” Novak Djokovic in a tennis match.
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Jones was on the Today show discussing the rule preventing women from entering the Tour de France.
“Females are just as good at sport as men are if not better. And we can go back to that Serena Williams. I think if we were to put Novak Djokovic and we put Serena Williams next to him, I think she would flog him every day over,” she said.
On Monday, Australia’s Andrew Harris, who is still competing in the men’s doubles, shared a clip of the conversation with the delightfully respectful comment: “[Leisel Jones] thinks Serena would “flog” Djokovic?! She would barely even win a point let alone a game. #getaclue,” tagging his friend Nick Kyrgios.
Kyrgios then retweeted Harris’ comments, adding a crying with laughter face emoji.
Top Comments
Look, I think Kyrgios is a twat, but is Liesel Jones seriously suggesting that Serena Williams would beat Novak Djokovic in a tennis match? If so, come on, that is simply laughable, Djokovic would wipe the floor with her.
Serena is by far and away the best female tennis player to ever walk the earth. But let's not kid ourselves, if she was put in a serious match against Federer or Nadal or Djokovic she wouldn't fare terribly well.
I'll just quietly mention Margaret Court or Steffi Graf here
Records prove that Margaret Court is the greatest all time female tennis player but instead of giving her the credit she's due, the media's busy trashing her for her religious beliefs.
They're both awesome, but I think that if you match up either in their prime with Serena in her prime, Serena would still win.
This is one of those classic (and endless) pub conversations comparing players from different eras. So I'm willing to compromise here.
If both were playing with lightly strung wooden racquets - I would back Court.
If both were playing with powerful oversized, synthetic composite racquets - I would back Williams.
Either way, we can agree they are still great players :o)
Kyrios has SERIOUS psychological problems, every time someone start to beat him (all the time) 'oh, I'm in so much pain' 'or 'I'm still recovering from x,y, or z injury', this is an indication of a VERY POOR LOSER who can't accept anyone beating him fair and square, according to him the only reason he EVER loses is because of illness and injury. Until he GROWS UP and competes as an ADULT, showing the sportsmanship of his MANY BETTERS, he is never going to be a winner - only ever a loser, and this habit of putting EVERY OTHER PLAYER DOWN just reinforces the TRUTH. He will never be a champion because he hasn't got the attitude toward the sport and his competitors to be one.