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The Tennis star pulls no
Conversation
punches about

the ATP’s

middle class

What do you feel when

you watch Nick Kyrgios?

What’s the solution?
ARIAS: He upsets me
It seems that when he’s in a team
in some ways. What we atmosphere, like Davis Cup or Laver

would all give to have Cup, he puts forth a good effort. But

the game and weapons when it’s just one on one, you don’t
know what’s going to trigger him.
he has. When he is in

a match against some- Speaking of team events, the dual-
body his ego tells him gender Hopman Cup appears to
be a thing of the past. Will tennis
he should beat, and
regret letting this event go?
he’s not beating them It might have caught lightning in a

right away, he can start bottle this year, with Serena Williams
playing Roger Federer in mixed
to tank. I don’t know i he’ll ever get out of his own
doubles. I don’t remember being as
w way. Someone has to ju interested in Hopman Cup in past
ust tell him that you still lost.
me an effort.
Get out there and give m years—I always viewed it as a pure
exhibition—but I think there’s a place
Saying that, he makes people want to watch tennis to see what he’s going to do for that type of event. It’s a good
next, and that’s something that the sport needs. From that standpoint, it’s OK, concept, and the crowds were so
but he does bother me because I feel like he could be among the top couple of into it this year. The crowd is what GETTY IMAGES
players in the world. makes any team event a success.

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