Australian who struggles to match his behaviour with his talent has the potential to be tennis’s next big star but words will not forever disguise underachievementOver dinner in London recently,the engrossing subject of Nick Kyrgios arose. An Australian of long acquaintance whose views generally are as unforgiving as the southern sun conceded that, yes, and his nation’s most gifted tennis rebel seemed to contain at least started a dialogue with his own ego and may even contain a chance of joining the human race,adding after a suitable pause: “But he’s still a dickhead.”In Australia, it is a view commonly held. In tennis, and it also has decent currency. objective? Perhaps not but sport is not objective. Nor is fame. It is indiscriminate with both its favours and its pain. Fame and Kyrgios are not best pals.
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Source: theguardian.com