An interview with Nick Kyrgios at the US Open? Jannik Sinner says he won't rule out the idea, despite the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up slamming the perceived lack of transparency surrounding his controversial steroids case.
On the eve of the year’s last Grand Slam, Sinner stunned the sports world with the news that he had failed two drug tests for a banned substance in March. He then raised even more eyebrows when it was revealed that he would not be suspended after being allowed to successfully argue his case in private.
Currently in town with ESPN as a pundit and an on-court interviewer with his peers on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Kyrgios was one of Sinner's loudest critics on social media. The 29-year-old Aussie has dipped his toes into broadcast space recently while rehabbing from a wrist injury with stints on Tennis Channel and Eurosport, and he didn’t pull punches when discussing the Italian's case.
“It seems like every time one of these things comes up, there’s always a different process for different players,” Kyrgios said in an interview with ESPN. “It’s nothing against Sinner personally at all. I know how important he is. He’s one of the greatest tennis players we have right now… Nothing against him personally.
“If you look at Jenson Brooksby and other players who’ve had their careers taken away for up to a year… someone like Sinner just doing it his own way. I think he had it on his own terms for most of the time. I don’t think that’s fair and equal for the rest of the tour.”