Someone still loves you, Nick Kyrgios. Enter Genie Bouchard.
The 21-year-old Canadian, suffering a slump to a No. 25 ranking this season, intends to play mixed doubles with the embattled 20-year-old Aussie at the U.S. Open. That is, if the pair can win a wild-card entry to the year's final major event.
“He’s energetic and charismatic, and that’s a really unique thing that we don’t have so much on the tour,” Bouchard said, “so I think we need people like him on the tour.”
Despite all of Kyrgios' recent travails, notably self-imposed, here's the thing: Bouchard's not wrong. Aside from Serena Williams seizing the calendar-year Grand Slam or Roger Federer surging to his 18th career Grand Slam singles title, few things would ignite talk of tennis among general sports fans than Kyrgios rising to the apex of this sport.
If he and Bouchard receive that coveted wild card, they're sure to have fun on court to boot.