“Ask My Millions & Millions of Fans”: Nick Kyrgios Locks Horns With Netizens While Responding to Boris Becker’s Jab at Him

Atharva Upasani | 15/12/2023
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Nick Kyrgios is famous for his controversial opinions. Recently, Kyrgios has been involved in a social media spat with tennis legend Boris Becker. During his X feud with Becker, Nick Kyrgios even got into an altercation with a tennis fan.

The Australian was responding to Becker and took a shot at the former World No.1 by suggesting he has an ego issue. Kyrgios claimed that he will not compare himself with the new generation of players after next 20-30 years. This tweet was met with different sort of responses but one reply stood out.

Anthony Scalise, a tennis fan, replied to Kyrgios’ tweet and questioned his achievements in tennis to question the likes of Boris Becker. Scalise tweeted that Kyrgios has achieved nothing significant in tennis and had nothing to show for his career so far. Kyrgios replied to this tweet by saying he has millions of fans all around the world to vouch for his tennis career. The Australian further added that he has made a Grand Slam final and not many people have achieved that throughout their careers.

Nick Kyrgios and Boris Becker’s row on X is showing no signs of stopping. Both the tennis superstars are going back and forth at each other with their different opinions. Both the tennis stars have big personalities, which could only escalate the feud more.

How did the Nick Kyrgios and Boris Becker feud begin?

In an interview, Nick Kyrgios claimed that the older generation of players cannot compete with the new generation. The Australian believed that the like of Novak Djokovic would have easily beaten players like Pete Sampras and Boris Becker at their peaks. However, these comments did not go well with Boris Becker. The former world number 1 questioned Kyrgios’ authority to make such statements.

Boris Becker claimed Nick Kyrgios make a lot of noise. Becker, who is co-incidentally also the former coach of Novak Djokovic, was unhappy with Kyrgios comparing the older generation of players like Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, and John McEnroe, among others to the current generation. Becker even took a shot at Kyrgios for controversially having an OnlyFans account. It will be interesting to see how long this feud between these two big tennis personalities last for.

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Atharva Upasani

Possessing a Masters degree in Sports Journalism, Atharva is a Tennis Journalist at The SportsRush. Atharva has come a long way from just being a tennis enthusiast to writing more than 300 articles on the sport. He has the 2012 Australian Open final to thank for cultivating within him a strong interest in tennis in which Novak Djokovic beat his favorite player, Rafael Nadal. Besides Nadal, his favorite athletes are cricketer Virat Kohli and Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes.

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