
Nick Kyrgios has been left humbled by a vote of confidence from new Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner, who told the injured Australian ace he too can still join the grand-slam singles-winning club.
Sinner took time out after his breakthrough triumph in Melbourne on Sunday night to tell the injured Kyrgios, who spent his enforced absence as a Eurosport TV commentator on the Open, that the sport needed him back on court.