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Ian Chadband

Unstoppable Sinner tells Kyrgios tennis wants him back

Nick Kyrgios feels humbled by a vote of confidence from new Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

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.

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