Australian tennis No 1 Alex de Minaur rushed to the praise of Nick Kyrgios during an interview from hotel quarantine on the TODAY show this morning.
“Nick’s one of the nicest guys out there,” de Minaur said.
“He’s that person that’s always going to have your back, no matter what.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to be in Davis Cup ties with him and get to know him better and play side by side with him and he’s one of those guys that has always had a lot of confidence in me and has always, from basically a junior, telling me to believe in myself and to go out there and take it.
“He’s very misunderstood but he’s one of the nicest guys out there and he’ll always have your back.
“We’re almost brothers – pretty close.”