Nick Kyrgios has been voicing his opinions throughout the Wimbledon Championships this year.
Kyrgios withdrew from competing at Wimbledon this year due to ongoing fitness problems that have prevented him from playing more than five tournaments in the past three years.
The Australian is often unafraid to voice his opinions, with Kyrgios very outspoken against Jannik Sinner since his suspension.
Now Kyrgios has pointed out two players at Wimbledon this year who he thinks have particularly disappointed.
Photo by Visionhaus/Getty ImagesNick Kyrgios names two players who he thinks disappointed at Wimbledon
Wimbledon saw many shocks this year towards the start of the tournament, two of which involved the players who Kyrgios has now called out.
When speaking on talkSPORT, Kyrgios revealed that he was left disappointed by the performances of Jack Draper and Coco Gauff.
There were high hopes for Draper coming into his home major this year, but he suffered a second round defeat to former US Open champion Marin Cilic.
While Roland Garros winner Coco Gauff lost in the first round to Ukrainian player Dayana Yastremska.
Kyrgios particularly honed in on Draper, who he claimed made a cop-out comment after the match about not being comfortable on grass.
“I am going to be brutally honest. I think my first disappointment is Draper to be honest,” revealed Kyrgios. “You’re seeded four. I did like the accountability. He went into the press conference room and said he is not comfortable on grass.
“But you have won the tournament on grass, you have won Stuttgart which is a lead up tournament. I think it was a bit of an easy cop-out. I wish I could have just gone into the press conference room in my home country when I lost to Andy Murray in the quarters and said ‘well, hard court is not my preferred surface’ because grass is. I felt like I wanted more from him this year at Wimbledon.
“And then probably Coco Gauff to be honest. Winning a French Open and then bailing out first round pretty convincingly as well. A 6-1 set. It’s hard to see that in the men’s game, you rarely see someone that is winning the French Open and then losing first round.
“She is a hell of a player and she is going to be at the top of the game for a long, long time but I was expecting more from her too.”
Jack Draper’s ATP record on grass vs Wimbledon
Kyrgios could possibly have a point about Draper, who does have one grass court title that he won in Stuttgart in 2023.
Draper has a significantly better record on grass on the ATP Tour compared to Wimbledon, which is statistically his worst-performing major.
The Briton is still yet to surpass the second round of Wimbledon in his four appearances at the tournament.
Jack DraperGrass court ATP Tour eventsWimbledonWin-loss Record16-5 (76%)3-4 (43%)Best ResultWon Stuttgart OpenSecond Round (2022, 2024 & 2025)
A Grand Slam tournament where he has performed well is the US Open, with Draper reaching the semifinals in New York last year.
That will be the next target for Draper, who will begin his North American hard court swing at the Canadian Open in Toronto.