Following Nick Kyrgios’ meltdown at the Shanghai Masters in October, number 13 is making a comeback. Even though he was accused of disrespecting opponent Mischa Zverev, the later insists “they’re cool”.
“We were cool, we were riding back in a golf car to the locker room (together chatting) and he’s such a nice guy,” 29-year-old Zverev said.
“He’s one of the nicest guys in the locker room. He will always say ‘hi’ and remember you and ask you how you are.
“Even if he had a bad day and he lost he would always respect you and smile and come up to you and say ‘hi’.”
According to Zverev, Kyrgios, is a prodigy and genius, therefore different, AAP reports.
“You can’t be a genius and be completely normal otherwise it would never show. I’m not saying it’s good or bad but that’s his (Kyrgios’s) personality,” he went on adding that Kyrgios deserves to start 2017 with a clean slate.
“As a tennis player you work out there and everyone can watch you… If other people have a bad day at work they smash the computer and no one knows about it and you start afresh the next day.
“It’s very human. You have to be professional and you have to behave but in the end you are just a human.”
