Nick Kyrgios was fuming after being beaten to an award by compatriot Ash Barty as the Australian Open champion won her fifth consecutive Newcombe Medal. The award celebrates and recognizes the performances, achievements, and contributions made by members of the Australian tennis family each year.
Barty shocked the world when she retired back in March, but not before breaking the Australian Open’s 44-year wait for an Australian champion after reigning in Adelaide. Following her latest Newcombe Medal success an infuriated Kyrgios felt as though maybe he should have won the award.
He took to his Instagram stories and re-posted a picture from a sports outlet which compared the success he attained this year to that of Barty’s. “LOL. No respect at all. I don’t give a f**k,” he wrote. Kyrgios won four titles in 2022 whereas Barty won three, and the big-serving star won 61 matches this year compared to just 14 from the former world number one.
