Nick Kyrgios says Australian tennis greats have ‘sick obsession’ with tearing him down

The Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios has stated that Australia’s tennis legends have a “sick obsession with tearing [him] down”.

The 27-year-old claimed he was “the outcast” of his compatriots earlier than describing himself as an inspiration to others who've been surrounded by “destructive headlines and clouds”.

It comes after the previous Wimbledon champion Pat Money, 57, accused Kyrgios of “dishonest, manipulation and abuse” at this 12 months’s championships.

Kyrgios advised a press convention on Friday that he had been snubbed by his compatriots, saying: “As for the greats of Australian tennis, they haven’t at all times been the nicest to me personally. They haven’t at all times been supportive. They haven’t been supportive these two weeks. So it’s laborious for me to type of learn issues that they are saying about me.”

He stated Lleyton Hewitt, 41, was the nation’s solely champion to have stood by him, including: “It’s fairly unhappy as a result of I don’t get any help from any of the opposite Australian tennis gamers, the male facet. Not the gamers, however just like the previous greats.

“It’s bizarre they simply have like a sick obsession with tearing me down for some motive. I simply don’t know whether or not they don’t like me or they’re afraid. I don’t know. I don’t know what it's. Nevertheless it sucks.”

The world No 40 has been accused of home abuse. It was revealed on Tuesday that Kyrgios is because of face a court docket in Australia after being summonsed to face a cost of assaulting a former girlfriend.

He reached the Wimbledon males’s singles remaining after 22-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal pulled out of their semi-finals conflict with an stomach tear.

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An article within the Each day Telegraph described Kyrgios reaching the ultimate because the event’s “worst nightmare” on Friday.

When requested concerning the headline the Australian responded: “It’s laborious. It’s one thing I've to take care of.”

Kyrgios, whose mom, Nill, hails from Malaysian royalty, additionally spoke about his tennis journey, saying: “I grew up in Canberra, the courts I educated on had been horrible, and now I’m within the probability to play the Wimbledon remaining.

“I feel it’s truthfully an inspiration for any type of child who’s type of been outcasted or simply been surrounded by destructive headlines or destructive … clouds or attempting to be, like, simply being introduced down from a number of totally different angles.”