Nick Kyrgios amused by meme reimagining his player box conversations using a clip from 'The Menu' ft. Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult
Nick Kyrgios shared his reaction to a meme comparing his player's box conversations to a clip from the movie 'The Menu,' starring Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult.
Nick Kyrgios recently withdrew from the upcoming Indian Wells and Miami Masters while undergoing his recovery process from a knee injury that also kept him out of the Australian Open at the start of the year.
Not long after Kyrgios had his surgery, his manager Daniel Horsfall provided an update that the Australian planned to make a comeback at Indian Wells, and Kyrgios' physiotherapist Will Maher also believed it was possible. However, a month after the surgery, Kyrgios still doesn't seem ready to compete on the tour.
"The surgery went great. To be honest, we couldn’t have asked for a better result. We’re all pretty pleased, the team is ready to go, when he’s ready, we’re ready," Horsfall shared at the time.
Nick Kyrgios maintained a positive outlook despite the setback as he shared a clip of himself on social media, expressing his desire to play tennis at the highest level of the sport.
"I’ll be back…… hold tight," Kyrgios wrote.
In the meantime, a clip reimagining Kyrgios' conversations with his manager Daniel Horsfall in the player's box recently made its rounds on the internet. With coaching during the match now being legal, the clip hilariously depicts Ralph Fiennes as Daniel Horsfall telling Nick Kyrgios to 'cook' without any further instructions despite the Australian's protests.
The World No. 19 was not immune to the hilarity of the video as he shared the post to his Instagram story.
"Hahahahaha," the Australian wrote on Instagram, along with laughing emojis.
Nick Kyrgios puts himself in the same league as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic as a commercial draw
Nick Kyrgios recently joined Logan Paul, Mike Majlak and George Janko on the 'Impaulsive' podcast, where he stated that other than himself, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, no other player on the tour had any significant commercial appeal. He argued that tickets were being purchased and new fans were only taking notice of tennis because of the three of them.
“It’s always about me or, you know, Nadal or Djokovic or me. No one else. They are like, 'You can’t do this', but then they use my name to bring tickets, fans, and everything," he said.
Tennis fans did not take kindly to the Australian's comments as they tore into him on social media for his apparent deluded self-importance.