Mahut reframes Kyrgios: "Even if the crowd goes wild, he's going to lose 6-3"

Nick Kyrgios is causing quite a stir at the moment. On the eve of his return to competition in January, the Australian confided that he hoped to face Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open. Looking ahead to this potential duel, he explained that he would do anything to win, would lose all respect for Sinner and would seek to unleash the public at any cost.

Returning to this controversial statement, Nicolas Mahut was keen to put things in the right order: "I don't like this kind of statement. He's entitled to have an opinion on Sinner's positive test, everyone's free to think what they want, but to escalate the situation like that...

Sinner has never disrespected anyone, he's number 1 in the world, so there's no need. I think everything that happens before the match is more delicate for Sinner than the match itself. Kyrgios hasn't played for a long time and, of course, you can dream of the title at the Australian Open, but you also have to be realistic. Even if the crowd goes wild, he's going to lose 6-3."