Andy Roddick dodges question about Nick Kyrgios' Australian Open 2025 return: "What else we got?"
Andy Roddick refused to share his thoughts on Nick Kyrgios' impending return to the ATP Tour. Kyrgios has announced that he will participate at his home slam in Melbourne in 2025.
Knee and wrist injuries and prolonged recovery have forced Kyrgios to remain out of action for two years. The Australian has only played one tour-level match since October 2022, losing to Wu Yibing in the first round of the 2024 Stuttgart Open. He is gearing up to return to the court once again and eyeing participation at the 2025 Australian Open.
While speaking on a panel at SXSW (South By Southwest) in Sydney on Thursday, October 17, Kyrgios expressed his longing to play in front of his home crowd. He also cited fellow Australian tennis stars like Alex de Minaur, who recently broke into the top 10, as the inspiration behind his return to the sport.
“I will be playing the Australian Open this summer. I just miss being out there playing in front of a home crowd. We’ve got such a crowd of guys at the moment like Alex de Minaur playing amazing tennis,” Nick Kyrgios said.
The comment created a buzz around the tennis world, and Andy Roddick was asked about his thoughts on the news. In the latest episode of the Served with Andy Roddick podcast, the American refused to engage in a conversation about Kyrgios' comeback when asked about the same by the producer, simply saying:
"Cool. What else we got Mike?"
Andy Roddick feuds with Nick Kyrgios over Jannik Sinner's doping controversy
Andy Roddick's refusal to comment on Nick Kyrgios' comeback came after the duo engaged in a war of words over Jannik Sinner's doping controversy. Sinner found himself in the middle of a controversy in late August over a positive doping test, and the news drew reactions from across the tennis world.
The Italian had tested positive for prohibited substance Clostebol in two separate tests back in March 2024, which led many to wonder if he was unclean during his title run at the 2024 Australian Open in January. Andy Roddick weighed in on the issue, saying there was no chance Sinner was doping during his title run in Melbourne due to rigorous pre-Slam testing.
"You get tested at every slam so there's no chance he was not clean at the Australian Open if he tested as much as he did. The amount in his system is one billionth of a gram, or 58,000 times smaller than a grain of salt," Roddick said.
Nick Kyrgios hit back at Roddick on social media platform X, questioning if Roddick understood how doping works and claiming cream and gummies could exit one's system within hours. The Australian's claim was debunked by X's fact-checking feature Community Notes as false.
"Do you understand how quickly this stuff exits your system? Cream, gummies literally hours. Ridiculous statement," Kyrgios wrote.
Since his doping scandal, Nick Kyrgios has been Jannik Sinner's most prominent critic. He has slammed him continuously on social media and in TV interviews. The former Wimbledon finalist opposed ITIA's decision to clear Sinner of doing any wrongdoing and called for a suspension to be imposed on the World No. 1.