Nick Kyrgios has an idea. Shocker.
As the tennis world continues to grapple with the suspension of five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek, 29-year-old Kyrgios added his two cents to a series of increasingly despicable X posts.
“The excuse everyone can use is that they didn't know.” an Australian wrote In a post late Thursday night. “I just didn't know. Professionals at the highest levels of the sport can now say, 'I didn't know.'”
Other comments Kyrgios made and echoed on social media were less polite.
he I reposted the string Users say: “Cow. Tortellini. Semen. Collagen. Skin spray. Sleeping pills. Tennis players really are some of the unluckiest people on the planet. How many of them are “untainted by integrity” at this point? You have to wonder. ”
In another post, he opinedor more succinctly: “Our sport is cooked.”
One fan wrote back to Kyrgios, scolding him for his long absence. “'Our' sports midfielder, you're not even playing.”
Accordingly, Kyrgios wrote“Are you going to play in the aus open? When was the last time you played in a professional tournament? God's social media gave Peanuts a voice… Funny. ”
Swiatek's suspension was imposed after the Pole tested positive for the banned heart drug trimetazidine, also known as TMZ, and will be suspended in 2023, when Kyrgios last took to the court. This is the second major doping incident since January.
Jannik Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian player and ATP No. 1, failed two tests for steroids in March 2024, but was cleared in August.
He won his second Grand Slam title of the season at the US Open the following month.
An investigation by the International Tennis Integrity Organization found that Sinner was not “negligent or negligent'' in the violation, allowing Sinner to clear the exam in time for the competition and avoid a suspension. .
The investigation claims performance-enhancing drugs were inadvertently introduced into the body through massages from physical therapists.
Kyrgios had thought about this too.
“Whether it was a coincidence or planned, it's ridiculous. If you get tested for a banned (steroid) substance twice…it should be contraindicated for two years. My performance has improved. Massage cream…yeah, good. That’s right.” he wrote to x.
