Is bad boy Nick Kyrgios the next Roger Federer? This is a bold headline. And I don’t mean only the font. After recent results you can’t help but wonder if hot-head and bad boy Nick Kyrgios can become a force in the game we love. Well, I doubt he can dominate like the grand Roger, but in my mind he has top three potential if he can get his game together and stop throwing his racquet when things go against him. I wrote this on Twitter, but ex-Agassi (and ex-Murray) coach and tennis oracle Brad Gilbert wasn’t so sure: With …
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Kyrgios tennis racquet
What racquet does Aussie bad-boy Nick Kyrgios play with? He endorses the Yonex Ezone DR 98 but plays with a Yonex Ezone XI 98. Tennis bad-boy Nick Kyrgios has been in the news recently due to his odd behaviour during his Shanghai Masters match against Mischa Zverev, where he pretty evidently tanked through large parts of his loss. He first received a 16,500 USD fine for failing to give a full effort, unsportsmanlike conduct and verbal abuse of a spectator. But the ATP wasn’t done with him and a few days later he was handed an extra 25 000 USD …