Nick Kyrgios has continued his criticism of Rafa Nadal by suggesting if it was the Spaniard and not Novak Djokovic he faced in the 2022 Wimbledon final, he would have won.<\/p>\n
The Australian has often let it be known he is not the biggest fan of the 14-times French Open champion and his latest criticism comes in a reflection of the Wimbledon Championships from back in 2022.<\/p>\n
In that season, Kyrgios reached the final \u2013 marking not only his first final appearance but the first time he had made it past the quarters and the first time in five years he made it past the third round.<\/p>\n
But he ultimately fell at the final hurdle with Djokovic winning 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 7\u20136 to seal a seventh Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n
That though could have been different had it been Nadal, not Djokovic, on the other side of the net reckons Kyrgios.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I could have done better,\u201d he said on a UTS podcast alongside Alexander Bublik and Patrick Mouratoglou. \u201cI was solid overall. I just played a bad tie-break in the fourth set.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also broke me when I was 40\u20130 up on my serve in the third, that\u2019s just unthinkable.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I had played someone like Rafa in the final, I would have done better. But Novak is different, he was in his thirtieth final, something like that, whereas it was my first. He\u2019s so strong.\u201d<\/p>\n
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