Thanasi Kokkinakis reveals Nick Kyrgios could not rejoice their Australian Open doubles victory and that’s one thing that also bothers him to this present day.
On twenty ninth January, 2022, the Australian pair lifted their maiden Grand Slam title in doubles after beating Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell 7-5 6-4 within the remaining.
Afterward, Kyrgios alerted the Melbourne crowd that his good good friend was planning to exit for a celebration and cheekily added: “So women, let’s go.”
For context, Kokkinakis was single on the time.
However that evening, the 2 shut buddies – who’ve recognized one another since childhood and signed up for the Australian Open doubles as a result of they wished some enjoyable – did not exit collectively to rejoice.
“I bear in mind a enjoyable evening afterwards that he (Nick) wasn’t part of as a result of he took an early flight the subsequent morning which I’m nonetheless p—– off with him about! So I needed to do it for the each of us,” the 28-year-old informed Categorical-Sport.
Kokkinakis: Me and Kyrgios partied later
Whereas the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up did not exit along with his good friend on the evening of their Slam triumph, they nonetheless had some enjoyable in a while.
“It’s bizarre as a result of it received actually delayed. I used to be attempting to persuade him as a result of I used to be like, ‘We’ve celebrated nothing many instances so the one time we really had a purpose to rejoice, we didn’t do it.’ However we’ve had a couple of nights,” the world No. 77 added.
As a result of Kyrgios was injured, they did not get to defend their Australian Open title in 2023 and so they additionally did not compete in Melbourne earlier this yr.
However now that the 29-year-old has returned to being absolutely wholesome and that he’s set to return at first of 2025, he and Kokkinakis have confirmed that they are going to return to the Australian Open as a pair in January.
