Stefanos Tsitsipas slams Nick Kyrgios again as Greek tennis star says his arch rival ‘is a DEVIL when he enters the court’ in brand new Netflix series… six months on from their explosive Wimbledon clash
- Stefanos Tsitsipas has aimed another dig at his arch nemesis, Nick Kyrgios
- The tennis stars shared an explosive match at Wimbledon last year
- Tsitsipas, 24, and Kyrgios, 27, are yet to patch things up after that match
- The Greek star said Kyrgios becomes ‘a devil’ when he enters the tennis court
- He made the revelation in Netflix’s brand new docuseries Break Point
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Six months after their volatile clash at Wimbledon, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios’s rivalry rumbles on after the Greek star labelled his nemesis ‘a devil’ in Netflix’s brand new tennis documentary.
On Friday, the streaming giant released Break Point – a docuseries following a number of the sport’s brightest stars as they looked to step out of the shadow of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Kyrgios is the star of the first episode of the series, The Maverick, and by way of introducing the 27-year-old to viewers, the producers asked a series of figures in the sport to describe him.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has hit Nick Kyrgios with another dig during Netflix’s Break Point series
Matteo Berrettini labelled Kyrgios as ‘probably the most talented tennis player from our generation,’ while John McEnroe said: ‘I think he’s the most talented player I’ve seen in 10 years.’
But when asked by Netflix to share his view on Kyrgios, Tsitsipas was less diplomatic.
‘He’s not a bad guy, he just becomes a devil when he enters the court,’ the world No.4 said.
It’s not the first time that Tsitsipas has resorted to name-calling when discussing Kyrgios. The 24-year-old shared an explosive fourth-round match with his rival at Wimbledon last year, which Kyrgios won in four sets.
Tsitsipas described his arch rival as ‘a devil when he enters the court’ during episode one
Tsitsipas and Kyrgios shared an explosive fourth round match at Wimbledon last year
Kyrgios’s antics during the match – in which he called for Tsitsipas to be disqualified while venting his fury at the umpire – did not go down well with the Greek star.
‘I don’t like people that put other people down,’ he said. ‘He has some good traits in his character, as well. But he also has a very evil side to him, which if it’s exposed, it can really do a lot of harm and bad to the people around him.
‘I really hope all us players can come up with something and make this a cleaner version of our sport, have this kind of behaviour not accepted.’
In response, Kyrgios said: ‘I’m not sure how I bullied him. He was the one hitting balls at me, he was the one that hit a spectator, he was the one that smacked it out of the stadium.
‘I didn’t do anything. Apart from me just going back and forth to the umpire for a bit, I did nothing towards Stefanos that was disrespectful, I don’t think. I was not drilling him with balls.’
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