{"id":1625,"date":"2025-07-11T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/1625\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:30:03","slug":"john-mcenroe-shares-his-opinion-on-nick-kyrgios-as-a-person-and-delivers-verdict-on-his-tennis-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/1625\/","title":{"rendered":"John McEnroe shares his opinion on Nick Kyrgios as a person and delivers verdict on his tennis career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nick Kyrgios is set to make a comeback to tennis later this month, following the conclusion of the Wimbledon championships. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/nick-kyrgios-confirms-hes-planning-to-comeback-and-play-at-american-tournament-prior-to-the-us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyrgios announced his return on social media<\/a>, revealing he will feature at the Washington Open in late July, where he is a two-time champion. <\/p>\n<p>The Australian has played just five singles matches on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP<\/a> Tour this season, with his most recent appearance coming at the Miami Open in March. <\/p>\n<p>He has struggled with multiple injuries that have kept him out of action for a large portion of the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>Aged 30, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/nick-kyrgios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyrgios<\/a> still has time to capture an elusive Grand Slam title, but American tennis legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/john-mcenroe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John McEnroe<\/a> thinks it might be too late. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2206302659-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Kyrgios looks on during the 2025 Miami Open.\" class=\"wp-image-107761\" \/>Photo by Frey\/TPN\/Getty ImagesJohn McEnroe gives his opinion on Nick Kyrgios\u2019 tennis career<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m002fjx3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">6-Love-6<\/a>, McEnroe said of Kyrgios: \u201cI feel bad because I think after Carlos Alcaraz on the men\u2019s side, he is the most talented player. He is 30 years old now. I have to say, for me, it\u2019s a bit of a waste. It\u2019s too bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was so talented, but as athletes, we all have this fear of failure, this is my opinion, it\u2019s tough to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has their own issues. He has had his own issues. I have talked to him off the court; he\u2019s a good kid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was in the Wimbledon final, and remember when Sue Barker did that interview and said \u2018this might inspire you to work harder\u2019. Oh God, no. That was it.<\/p>\n<p>TournamentResultBrisbane InternationalFirst RoundAustralian OpenFirst RoundIndian Wells Open First RoundMiami OpenSecond RoundNick Kyrgios\u2019 results at ATP tournaments in 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got to the quarters of The Open and lost to [Karen] Khachanov in five, and since then, he has played like three matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, I have done some commentary with him. He is a good commentator. He has got personality. He is good to have around the game. Kids like him. But you sort of wish he would play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former world number four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/tim-henman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Henman<\/a> added: \u201cThere is mental, technical, and physical and the physical application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas he trained as hard as he could have done? And his body has perhaps let him down. He can\u2019t compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1175256417-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Kyrgios and John McEnroe at the Laver Cup in 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-104798\" \/>Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for Laver CupNick Kyrgios\u2019 best results at Grand Slam tournaments in his career<\/p>\n<p>Despite never winning a major, Kyrgios has made some deep runs at the biggest tournaments in tennis. <\/p>\n<p>In 2014, he advanced to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon following his shocking fourth-round victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/rafael-nadal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Nadal<\/a>, but ultimately bowed out to Marin Cilic. <\/p>\n<p>The next year, he made it to the last eight at the Australian Open, but lost to eventual finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/andy-murray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Murray<\/a> in straight sets. <\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios didn\u2019t return to the latter stages of a Grand Slam until 2022, when he reached the final of Wimbledon, where he was overcome by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>After his quarter-final finish at the US Open later that summer, he didn\u2019t appear at a major for two years due to injury. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios is set to make a comeback to tennis later this month, following the conclusion of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,1702,812,99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-1625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-john-mcenroe","10":"tag-nick-kyrgios","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}