{"id":227679,"date":"2025-10-15T23:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227679\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T23:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:46:10","slug":"nick-kyrgios-names-the-atp-player-he-would-like-to-coach-full-time-once-he-retires-from-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227679\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios names the ATP player he would like to coach full-time once he retires from tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nick Kyrgios has endured another frustrating season on the ATP Tour, in which he\u2019s played just five times.<\/p>\n

Once ranked 13th on the ATP Tour<\/a>, the controversial Australian figure has now fallen to 661st place in the world.<\/p>\n

Kyrgios<\/a> won just one singles match this year and lost his other four, having been hampered by injury once more.<\/p>\n

Such issues have continued into the Ultimate Tennis Showdown<\/a> (UTS) Hong Kong, where Kyrgios was forced to withdraw.<\/p>\n

But rather than head home early, the 2022 Wimbledon finalist has stayed on to coach fellow player Richard Gasquet.<\/p>\n

\"NickPhoto by Frey\/TPN\/Getty ImagesNick Kyrgios names the ATP player he would like to coach once he retires<\/p>\n

Kyrgios has hinted at retirement<\/a>, with a possible post-playing career perhaps already emerging in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Asked how coaching has been going during Gasquet\u2019s match with Juncheng Shang, he told the UTS Tour: \u201cI really like it.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously to coach someone like Richard, he\u2019s an absolute legend of the game, 20 plus years professionally.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd all the players here respect him, so it\u2019s an absolute honor to be next to him at the moment, even though he\u2019s in a bit of trouble, it\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Nick Kyrgios predicts if Carlos Alcaraz will overtake Novak Djokovic for major titles in his career<\/a><\/p>\n

He was then asked if he thinks he\u2019ll go into coaching after retiring, and if so, who he would coach, to which he replied: \u201cI think I will join Richie first with some drinks. I think we\u2019ll enjoy that first. But I wouldn\u2019t mind coaching that guy down the other end (Shang).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a bit confident right now, but I have all faith in Richie that he\u2019s going to come back and win this quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is ATP number 218 Juncheng Shang?<\/p>\n

Shang went on to win his quarterfinal tie against Gasquet, with the Chinese ace defeating the Frenchman 3-1.<\/p>\n

Aged just 20, Shang currently occupies 218th place in the world rankings, but he has already managed to break the top 50.<\/p>\n

RankWin-lossTitlesPrize money20252186-80$386,705Career4735-401$2,170,250Juncheng Shang 2025 vs career stats<\/p>\n

He rose to number 47 last October, while he also already boasts one ATP title after triumphing at the 2024 Chengdu Open.<\/p>\n

Shang completed a dream run with a final victory over top seed Lorenzo Musetti, having also beaten the likes of Alexander Bublik and Kei Nishikori.<\/p>\n

The Chinese talent was also part of the exciting NextGen ATP Finals lineup in 2024, competing alongside fellow rising stars Joao Fonseca and Learner Tien among others.<\/p>\n

In a breakout season, the youngster also reached the third rounds of both the Australian Open and the US Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Nick Kyrgios has endured another frustrating season on the ATP Tour, in which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,127332,812,99,428,57295],"class_list":["post-227679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-juncheng-shang","tag-nick-kyrgios","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227679","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=227679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}