Nick Kyrgios accused of having vendetta against Jannik Sinner over ex-girlfriend Anna Kalinskaya
Nick Kyrgios has told Jon Wertheim to “zip your mouth” after the leading tennis commentator poured fuel on rumors surrounding the Australian.Kyrgios’ running feud with world No.1 Jannik Sinner has continued to dominate tennis news ahead of the Australian Open with the Italian on Friday giving Kyrgios a cold shoulder during his press conference at Melbourne Park.Kyrgios, 29, previously said tennis was “cooked” when news of Sinner’s limited doping ban first emerged.The former Wimbledon finalist has been the loudest voice calling for further action to be taken after Sinner and former WTA Tour world No.
1 Iga Swiatek were both hit with meager punishments after violating anti-doping rules.Sinner, who was given just a one-month ban for twice testing positive to an anabolic steroid last March after an investigation found it was unintentional, said he didn’t feel the need to respond “to what Nick says.”That running battle has taken a twist with former US Open champ Andy Roddick repeatedly trading verbal barbs with Kyrgios over what the Australian views as improper support for Sinner.Roddick, a former world No.1, and Wertheim made scathing comments about Kyrgios’ behavior when talking on the “Served” podcast released this week.The podcast included salacious suggestions from Wertheim that Kyrgios’ views about Sinner are personal and surround Sinner’s current girlfriend — Anna Kalinskaya.The Russian, who is ranked No.
14 on the WTA Tour rankings, was previously in a relationship with Kyrgios.“This is just a personal vendetta,” Wertheim said of Kyrgios.“There is a woman involved here, who also happens to be a player.
Sinner has been relentlessly bullied for months and months and hasn’t responded.He’s also coached by a colleague of ours at ESPN (Darren Cahill).
There’s so much going on here, but it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with bona fide concerns about doping.”Kyrgios and Kalinskaya split in May 2020.She wrote on Ins...