Kyrgios calls out Djokovic forward of Wimbledon return – ‘Do not do this once more’

Nick Kyrgios has playfully referred to as out Novak Djokovic after the Serbian celebrity uploaded a video of him consuming grass on one of many Wimbledon observe courts. The defending champion has made a behavior out of the weird act since he celebrated his first Wimbledon title in 2011 by consuming a handful of grass. 

He captioned the put up: “Remembering the taste and hungry for more.” Kyrgios, who’s all too aware of Djokovic’s superstitious custom having misplaced to him in final 12 months’s closing, was fast to remark. “Please don’t eat the grass in front of me again,” he quipped. “But if you win again, I’m taking you for some drinks this time.”

The Australian has had a irritating 2023, hampered by harm. Doubts had been raised about his participation at Wimbledon following his withdrawal from the Mallorca Championships final week. 

This comes after he was compelled to pull out of the Halle Open every week prior because of a reoccurring subject together with his knee. “Very unfortunate news that I won’t be able to compete at Halle this year,” Kyrgios said in a video posted to social media.

“Still dealing with a couple of things in my knee, just trying to give myself the best opportunity to compete at Wimbledon. As you all know, that tournament means a lot to me and I just want to do everything right by my body.

“I didn’t want to go out there and not give you the same performance I gave last year. So hopefully next year I’ll be healthy enough to play, see you soon.”

Although Kyrgios did not affirm precisely what led him to tug out of the Mallorca Championship it’s suspected that it’s to do with the identical harm. With the event kicking off on Monday, it’s but to be seen whether or not the 28-year-old will likely be match sufficient to play.

Although he stays hopeful. “You all know that the Wimbledon event is upon us,” he said. “The occasion right here in Mallorca final 12 months was a terrific place to organize for the journey that then I had in London.

“In this 2023 I wanted the same thing to happen again.” He added: “Unfortunately my body is not as healthy as 2022. However, it is still part of my preparation to go to Wimbledon.”