The other interesting thing is that if Sinner becomes a multiple champion, which he most likely will, having in a major commentary both a guy who says that he would not be nice to Sinner in the locker room, will be outwardly disrespectful to a major champion. I cannot imagine that happening on ESPN if it was an American player. There's enough talent among the young tennis commentators for them to choose from, no need for all this toxicity.
People give Kygrios too much grace ! I’ve never understood people who claim they had a “traumatic” childhood, grow to do the exact same thing to others. Lame ! Yet Serena would get heat for the littlest things.
Much needed video. Kyrgios is toxic. Don’t give a damn about his past traumas. Energy vampire = yes. He’s a big pretender. Dyes his hair black. Privileged background. He’s from the suburbs. In other words, he’s fragile. If Nick Kyrgios is on the screen, I change the program.
He is fragile, but so are the people wanting him canceled because he says rude things online sometimes. And if you change the program and don't watch tennis because of him, you are fragile too🤷♂
@@ProbablyLying Grow up and accept that you don’t have to like a person to appreciate their talent. Your comment is pure childishness. And ironically, it’s your mentality that’s what is toxic about the modern world.
We cannot give him a free pass as fans, never been a fan of him since in 2015 he referred to Donna Vekic in such a derogatory and misogynistic way... It's understandable that he has had mental health issues but that doesn''t mean he can escape being held accountable of his actions. I just wish Osaka and Jabeur would distance themselves from him because he is still someone that is abusive and clearly has anger management issues and both have been top players from the WTA, so you are literally associating with someone that disrespects you. But in this era, clout = money even if you say the most unhinged things, so it won't happen and he will still be employed. As for the McEnroe comparison... at least he had the number 1 ranking and grand slams (still was an unhinged brat that deserved to be defaulted).
100% correct about the Donna Vekic comments. The media covered it like it was a sledge against Wawrinka but the pig Kyrgios broadcast 19 year old Vekic’s sexual history to the whole world without her consent and never ONCE apologized or even acknowledged this Kyrgios is scum
Jabeur and Osaka know him personally and appreciate his continued support for women players. Gauff and Venus Williams the same. Barty grew up with him. Many women love playing doubles with him. in 2015 (9 years ago) he said something under his breath to a man who had been bullying him in a previous match - Stan still bullies younger players frequently. Perhaps you just read the tabloids.
@@sportslover2356 If you think what he says routinely in twitter is not a reflection of who he is, specially with the comments to his ex-girlfriends (Kalinskaya), the aussie woman that he pushed in a public place and caused him to get to a TRIAL to which he plead GUILTY, I don't know what to say to convince you. Also, he treating Jabeur and Osaka (and even Caroline Garcia) well doesn't mean he is NOT abusive. That is not how abusive people operate.
Nick kyrgios in 2015 said, "Kokkiinakis ban*** your girlfriend" to Stan wawrinka. Nick is disrespectful, arrogant, rude, being extra, and over the top. Now he's 29 years old, still disrespecting and degrading women.
No, he did not. He turned AWAY from Stan on his side of the court and said that, the BROADCAST mics picked up what he said and shared it with the world! I'm not so sure he's unlike many and a multitude of other men who share some similar views that he does. Nick just says them out loud! And I respect him for that. Show me who you are and I'll decide if I'm going to (as my dad use to say); accept, reject and/or tolerate it.
@@salmaal-shaoily5809 If you're going to tell something, do the 🤬 research and THEN come back and have a discussion. If not, then sit this one out. Ok?! 🤗
@@salmaal-shaoily5809 You're sure of that as much as you're sure of the inaccurate statement you made earlier "Nick Kyrgios in 2015 said....TO (emphasis mine) Stan Wawrinka?" If you're going to regurgitate a story, tell the truth about it because if you do not one can bring into question everything you say and/or do. Whether he is misogynistic or not, one has the capability to accept, reject and/or tolerate him. His behavior, his heart, his mindset is between him and his God.
Tennis isn't just about men's and women's singles. If they wanna make it more open, then don't sideline doubles/mixed matches and wheelchair matches. Women have been saying "let us play 5 set matches" since the 70s and men's matches are now often over 3 sets. No-one owns sport, so a great match is a great match (US women's final v men's, for example). Oh, and McEnroe has been a champion of women bashing since the 70s (I'm 65). Jelena Dokic was pioneering speaking about abuse during AO, but Zverev was made a member of the council at roughly the same time while facing DV charges. When Marion Bartoli won Wimbledon, male BBC commentator said it was "a good job she decided to play tennis, because she'd never make it as a model". Nothing happened to him. Something very rotten here, and it has been for a very long time.
I just remember her strutting around top level junior events like she was the 🤬 You how that worked out. If the USTA anoints you as the next up and coming it’s the kiss of death.
This was so good. BRAVO!!!! Although I don’t like some of the things Nick says, I still think he’s entertaining. Also, I could be wrong but him commentating women’s matches is a production thing, and if he’s contracted to call a match, maybe he has no choice. He may not actually want to call them. Who knows? Great video can’t wait for the next one. You need your own show on Tennis Channel. S/N I heard the CoCo V. shade 😂
@@soiconic9446 agree that Nick is still entertaining plus you make a good point that he might be obligated to call these women’s matches. and thank you for the support!! hopefully i will have own TC talk show in a few years’ time 🙏🏾
Come on he is not entertaining he is stupid who thinks his behaviour is great they must have a problem themselfs tennis is tennis not playing childish games get a life 😂😂😂😂
@@ChristiansCourt I definitely hope you never have your own tennis talk show. Your main aim in tennis is spreading lies and innuendo so that your followers will hate players. Imagine that behind a microphone. No thanks.
Imo kyrgios is so insecure and can not handle the mental stress of being consistent. Like all that talent came easy at a young age but when he had to mature and be responsible for his career success, he just couldn’t handle it. Shouting at umpires and throwing water bottles at them! Wow. Calling them “a joke” when things dont go his way is so disrespectful. They may be a joke to him but to me he is anentire comedy show in poor taste. What a Bully he is specially verbally. I dont watch when ESPN uses him. In fact, I UNSUBSCRIBED from ESPN when he joined. I cant do anything about his fans who like negativity and rudeness in the guise of honety as some form of entertainment but I will do my part and boycott him everywhere
Great job collecting all the receipts about Nick 😄 my biggest question is how can Naomi like him? Is she just too gullible? Can't wrap my head around it...
Naomi, Ons, Gauff, Barty, Venus...all know Nick personally and love the way he supports women players throughout their careers including their difficult times. You only watch terrible you-tubes.
@@sportslover2356 yes for a long time I was giving him a benefit of a doubt because of his friendship with pure heart Naomi, but he just keeps doing tasteless things again and again 😒
No, he's not. Before Anna got with Jannik if he wanted to rekindle that relationship he would've tried. But they BOTH moved on thus his comment "second serve"; been there, done that, turn the page.
He just hate her and propably that's goes even beyond the fact that she was his ex, no one knows what happened in the past between nick and Anna, people's talks that between Anna and his new girlfriend a real battle happened with flying objects in a restaurant 😅but surely not something good. Surely he's still childish but it could be funny, but at cause of his mind his career is disappeared, unfortunately, for me that's the sad thingh.
@@IvanSpaziano-ko5cv Анна целилась в Ника, но не попала. В своих соцсетях она написала, что он очень плохой человек и попросила его фанатов не беспокоить её. И забанила его везде у себя.
Thanks for this, Christian. He's terrible for the sport. Would be much better as a circus performer. He did, however, a rather bang-up job commentating this year. Nevertheless, the comment about Donna was something we can never forgive.
Ten years ago Stan accused Nick of faking an injury during a match. Nick was devastated. during their next match (Nick being 19) he said something to Stan under his breath which Stan did not hear and was not intended to hear. A delighted young journalist too the message to Stan. thus ended Nick's career. If you can't forgive something like that after ten years then tennis is definitely doomed.
Perhaps you should try, really really hard, to forgive a 19 year old boy for saying something under his breath about a man who had just deserted his wife and child for a teenager.
Bad behavior and verbal abuse on court or online without regret shouldn't be rewarded. The Fact that John McEnroe has had such prominent position In the commentators box has never sat well with me either. Now here we go again with Nick Kyrgios...Smh
Speaking your mind, especially when you’ve been wronged, is an admirable trait. It’s not “verbal abuse”. McEnroe is a legend of the sport and a real character. Krygios is cut from a similar mould and has real talent. He just needs more motivation and discipline. There’s a reason why great players like McEnroe and Djokovic have taken him under their wing. They see that potential in him and are willing him to fulfil it. It’s all down to him.
I was not even aware of the tweet in question. It's darn good he deleted it or there would have been serious problems for him including with the networks. But your right, the fact that it was even written is a serious concern especially given all the grace he'd already been given up front for him to be in this media position. I hope many tennis fans watch and consider the point you made in this video. Again, I was not aware of this incident and it is not what I was hoping to hear because Nick has done a good job thus far in media.
While I don't think Nick is brightest bulb, I don't think he's dumb enough to say the "edgy" things he says on social media while hes doing commentary on networks like ESPN. As long as he keeps his more inappropriate remarks off of live television, TV executives can willfully ignore it. I just wish they would restrict him to just commentating men's matches because he clearly doesn't respect women players or women in general, so it's ridiculous for him to be interviewing women players and smiling in their faces just for him to go talk crap about them on social media. Just add him to the long list of edgelord grifters on social media.
He is absolutely great at commentating both men's and women's matches. Sinner's fans did a marvellous job in diverting the attention away from poor Sinner and goading Nick after three weeks of harassment about his own family. It was a seriously nasty campaign by sinnerfam
Nick is undoubtedly a very talented player, but he attracts only negative and disruptive attention. He's a better commentator than a pro player. I won't miss him.
Cristian, I agree with everything you've said in your analysis of Nick Kyrgios. Quite frankly, I'm tired of Kyrgios, who bad mouths other players and makes misogynistic comments one minute, but comes across as professional in commentary the next. Kyrgios will continue his Nasty Nick behaviour because he's got away with it without consequences. He knows all too well, from childhood, how hurtful personal digs/bullying can be, but he continues to dish the same dirt on others to gain media attention. He doesn't have to do it to have a successful media career, so I can only think that he also does it for kicks. Contrary to his belief, Kyrgios' and his behaviour is not good for tennis and its integrity. ESPN or other channels and stations that employ him need to impose sanctions and warn him that his behaviour has consequences. Otherwise, he'll damage the sport of tennis, which he doesn't seem to care much about.
Nick is the Donald Trump of tennis. A legend in his own mind. Clown with minimal impulse control. Too bad because he was an insanely good tennis player. As for his media career, well, people love a circus. 🤷♂️🤡
Imagine if Nick had the same passion for tennis as he does for basketball. He probably could have won more tournaments including a slam. A huge what if.
There's nothing ok with verbally and outwardly disrespecting others, full stop. Arrogant, bullying, and ridiculing behaviors are all red flags in a person who needs help, not adulation. Sadly, Nick Kyrgios will not receive the help he needs while sporting communities continue to label him as a legend with hero status. Unfortunately this sends a damaging message that it's ok to behave badly to those around us, whether that be physically or verbally abusive. If we take the tennis ability out of the equation, what's left in this discussion?
What's left is that you have only the ten times in ten years that Kyrgios has said bad things about others. These have been highlighted week after month after year by 'journalists' dining out on them. You need to look at the thousands of times Kyrgios has said and done greatly supportive things to all of his fellow players. Dan Evans, Felix, Fritz, Sock, thannassi...Carlos - every player owes him for support when times were tough.
In my opinion, not agreeing with equal prize money does not have to come from mysogony og disrespect for women, however, his other comments are very problematic. I was glad to see his better track record off and on the court in 2022. I also think he has brought some unique insights to commentary, however, his recent tweets are way out of line.
@@ChristiansCourt You highlighted so many things that were totally out of proportion. Today he made some warm comments about Nadal, one of his great rivals. Within minutes he had 15,000 likes. He may not be the saint you require from every tennis player but he certainly has a fantastically honest appeal. Hopefully you will never sit beside him in the commentary box. Your halo would dazzle him. It sure dazzles me and the haters you attract.
No he did not do any research. He cherry picked a few incidents without showing any balance. A proper journalist would not be attempting and succeeding to get a waterfall of hate comments.
Even the cherry picking needs good research. To see that he's able to extract such emotions from you to type this reply means he's really a good journalist. And not everyone commenting is a Nick hater..I love Nick's game! But his personality is sometimes questionable..hence this video.
That steroid cream sinner used deserved a ban in the Olympics they would take your medal away if you used banned substances. Nick was just directing some pain to Sinner because he had no consequences. Even roger & djoker were not happy with the transparency of Sinners failed drug test
For real, Nick Kyrgios is all "Leave me alone... I want my privacy" then he puts himself in the spotlight EVERY chance he gets. You think they had to twist his arm THAT hard to get him to be a commentator for tennis matches and give his "Unique" insights? GTFO, we BEEN knew that he loves the spotlight and to be the center of attention. (former fat kid syndrome). And he's always like "yeah everyone wanted to see me fail!" NO one did, the whole tennis world rooted for you, all the announcers said what a talent you are and how you just need to tap into it and find some peace and you'd be a top 5 player for sure etc etc. After you acted like an ass ppl would say that you were wrong etc but it was always in a "he's so great with kids, he's so nice and fun in the lockerroom, great guy to speak with" THEY MADE EXCUSES FOR YOU and you still walk around acting like the whole world was against you? Nah, kid. You were against yourself. Also, kudos to both Kyrgios AND Sinner, Anna Kalinskaya is hawwwwt!
I think he is an intelligent and astute commentator. I thought he was a significant improvement in many ways to some of the other commentators on ESPN, especially Chris Fowler.
He is a bogan! No class, a great serve that's about it. Also, loves the limelight so will be controversial. He has been built up by the media. They have their own reasons for building him up.
The media have never built him up. The Australian media have spent the last ten years convincing the Aussies that he is a no-good tool, fool, waster, wanker, low class, useless, bottom of the heap, rubbish, low life, .... all described multiple times in their articles. Never read a good word about him.
Men's tennis is just so much more entertaining to watch. And much better tennis. But Kyrgios trying to therefore (or for other reasons) diminish women's tennis real hard is sad and illogical.
Is it better to have a controversial/polarizing commentator or a dry boring one? I'm surprised at some of the commentators who were chosen to represent TC or ESPN. They picked Justin Gimmelstop, Bouchard, Coco V, and Kyrios. They are not afraid to take risks it seems.
Chris Eubank? Thank God for Nick. Fans know about behind the game. Some of your viewers know about league, recreational, junior, college and professional tennis. They know about the hypocrisy behind the scene. Especially when it comes to black players. That’s a whole another story. Nick is right about Sinner in some ways. Two test and minuscule than why even mention it or hide the results? The same way the did Agassi and as quiet as it is kept Nadal. Operacion Puerto. Nadal and Errani were his patients. Where there is smoke there is fire. Or the Spanish tennis players long history of doping. It’s like the Russian and Chinese. The facts one of the Bryan brothers attacked an official off court that fans never heard about. And on and on. So yes Nick is refreshing on so many levels. His attacking women is unacceptable but the part of taking on the hypocrisy of the tennis establishment is great.
Everything else aside, my thoughts on equal pay, in any sport, is money. If they can draw in the same viewership/money as men’s, then equal pay should be obvious.
Even though he has plenty of baggage, he was absolutely fantastic on ESPN for US Open. Ignore the nonsense he brings upon himself and keep him on commentary and everyone wins.
Andy Roddick would be better and has no baggage. We don't need Nick and nobody wins rewarding him for continued bad behavior when there are better options out there for commentators.
I honestly haven’t watch a full WTA match since Serena’s retirement and have only recently started watching highlights again with Osaka’s return. In my own personal preference as someone who hardly watched men’s tennis just enough to be up to date with the times have grown to prefer it. That doesn’t take anything ways from the WTA and all the amazing women still playing today. I am by no means a fan of Nick’s. Sometimes I think that if he would do less talking and more playing then he would be better off but clearly Nick doesn’t feel the same. To talk down on Grand Slam champions both women and men alike really makes me draw farther away from him. It’s a sad rot that has been around well before the times of Serena and even before the founding of the WTA that women deserve less because they play less and I think that’s bullshit. The women are just as talented, skilled, hardworking, and amazing as the men on the other side of the spectrum and deserve the same damn respect. I can agree to disagree on the Sinner part. I believe that if Sharapova and Halep had to face suspension then it’s only fair that Sinner does as well, but that’s not how it happened and that’s fine. Anything past that is completely baseless and has no place in the tennis community. Nick is acting as of all his matches have been hard fought when they haven’t and he should truly be ashamed of himself and how he acts when it comes to speaking on the Women who play the sport and after seeing this video women in general. It’s sad to see such a talented and skilled player have so a narrow minded attitude.
Nick is not narrow-minded. that's what Christian wants you to believe and he has succeeded. Osaka, Gauff, Williams, Ons, Barty...all love and appreciate his support for them.
You compared his loss at cinci to iga at RG. A 1000 to a GS. Women players get paid the same at GS for doing less work that’s a fact. It’s not sexiest😂
@@ChristiansCourt yes and I agree that’s wrong. I’m not unreasonable 😂they do the same work in tournaments so they deserve the same pay but the men do more work in GS so they deserve more pay in GS. I’m not your enemy Christian
@@ovandograham7793 i get your perspective for sure. the equal prize money issue more complicated and that it seems for sure and i should’ve clarified that better in the video. but to me kyrgios has a deeper rooted issues with women and women’s tennis players aside from the prize $ argument
I love your channel! I want you to connect with Andy Roddick’s Served! 1000% agree with you that you should be given a voice on the circuit too along side Eubanks!
I get it that some people might get offended by his comments about equal pay etc. But all in all I think you went too far here... bringing Osaka to the table and him interviewing Muchova. So now that he is against equal pay he is not allowed to speak to a woman ever again? Bro...
@@REDDOT669 it’s not just the equal pay thing though… it’s also his constant digs at women’s tennis as well as his support of a “self-proclaimed misogynist”…
@@ChristiansCourt You have truly not done your research. If you intend to be a proper commentator, not just a maker of questionable you tubes, watch Nick's Good Trouble podcasts. He has enormous respect for women players. The incidents you mention are pulled off the sensationalist tabloids who make money out of his headlines.
I really dont like him, but he is right about one thing, at least, and that is the Grand slams. Men and women should not be paid the same. Think about it for a while.
If he didn't want to be out there playing for four hours, then he should have handled business in straight sets. The women have already offered and agreed to play the same amount of sets in GS however it was shut down. By the MEN! The more you know! 😉👌🤗
@@godz4ever404 I think the reason they turned it down was because of tradition and because of scheduling which is already very bad. But also less people watch women’s tennis primarily because the rallies can be so short it’s boring so why make it longer. But anyways I still think they shouldn’t get the same pay as the work is less. But in regular tournaments the pay is different even tho they work the same which I think that is wrong. They should be equally paid in everything but slams
@@ovandograham7793 That's exactly the reason they gave, matches would be too long etc. We saw some of it in this past USO with matches not even starting until midnight or so. It was horrible. But I agree that for GS they should think of something for the ladies and the scheduling because that is a LOT of cheese they're getting!
Christian, does tennis really need Chris Evert that her toxic behavior towards Venus and Serena was ACCEPTED??? All your questions about Nick can be asked about Evert.
I don’t think it matters to sports media if Nick ends up ruining his career with his commentary. He will bring viewers to tennis matches because of his personality, charisma and nerve. And when he inevitably crosses the line, espn, tennis channel or whoever can fire him and suffer no culpability for whatever he says.
This video and those who have commented appears to be full of Kyrgios haters. He is a complicated human being, as are all of us. As Andy Murray pointed out in defense of him when Kyrgios was 20 years old, Kyrgios grew up in public and in the spotlight. Who among us did not do or say something ill advised when they were 20. Yes the more recent remark was not okay, but he has done a lot of good. Are any of you aware that in the run up to the 2020 Aussie Open, he was the one that broached the idea for tennis to hold an exhibition for those harmed by the Aussie Bush fires. To be clear, HE STARTED the effort that raised $25 MILLION for the bush fire victims. Or that Coco Gauff and other women on the WTA have publicly stated that they like him- he helped Gauff for hours in Florida on his own time voluntarily out of the public eye, and did not turn that into a PR event (this according to Gauff). He is also a gifted commentator (words of a Doctor friend of mine who is a tennis fan) and an incredible physical talent who is my favorite player to watch; the crowds that attend his matches, watch him on TV suggest I am not alone.
The video maker wants to be a commentator. Can you imagine every time a player showed some emotion on court? did or said something his sainted perspective disapproved of? Apologising to the viewers every three minutes? Good heavens.
If we want to talk about equality, wouldn't tournaments slice up the prize pool between men's and women's tennis by which one drives the most viewership. I would bet the men's tournament get a vast majority of viewership, thus driving more returns for the tournaments and should get paid more? Kinda fucked up to decrease the men's pay to make the pay "equal". Maybe at some point womens tennis will get more viewership and attention but I don't think that's the case rn.
In the 1990s people would have ripped into him for his clown act but now people want to treat his poor behaviour with endless patience, its just enables him more.
Nick needs a therapist. The reason ESPN loves him is because everyone loves or hates a bad boy, which adds up to $$$ for ESPN and tennis. 🤨 on a side note I think Nick likes Osaka. Again people and a lot of woman love the bad boys 😮 I will never be a Nick fan.... and any others like him. I don't approve of a lot of things the tennis world is allowing.
I can't understand why people complain about equal pay and come with this nonsense 5 setter matchs if they only exist in Grand Slams. The regular tour os best of 3 for WTA and ATP.
One of your best videos! He sort of sucks, but it’s business and the bosses seem to think he work for ratings, etc. Chris Eubanks and Andrea are light years better, but better doesn’t always matter.
It's an extremely biased video. It draws on the ten things Nick has done wrong - harking back to 2015. Most players have done much worse things since then, multiple times, but their hair colour is much better.
This isn't even cancel culture - this basically a dude who hasn't played in over a year just yapping to try and get attention/fame/money without doing the hard work to play tennis. He's not getting cancelled for some stupid minor issue, he's getting cancelled cos he's not good at his job- being a tennis player.
@@abi6126 He had ANAFAB surgery a year ago. It's pretty difficult to play tennis when your right wrist doesn't work. Ask Kei and Delpo. Yes, they want to cancel him.
I only watch tennis because of Nick, he is a showman first, tennis player second, but I am not interested in seeing tennis played by participants hitting a ball over and back with no flashy moves like Nick does....I also don't watch women's tennis because of the same reason, very boring....
At one point watching this video, I thought "I wish ESPN had someone like Christian contributing to commentary'. You sound passionate about women's tennis and provide thoughtful analysis. I avoided watching Nick's commentary and watched the match with Spanish commentary of women's final, even though I do not speak Spanish. Aussie clown does not belong in tennis commentary, especially women's tennis. I wish we could get Chris Eubanks or you as commentary for that match, but it is long gong. And please do not discount John McEnroe to clown's level, as many flaws as McEnroe might have, he is a champion and won multiple single slams. PS How do we get you to Dasha Kasatkina's vlog or Andy Rodddick's served podcast?
@@ChristiansCourt You tried incredibly hard to make your viewers hate him. Mostly you succeeded. However...there are some people who can thing for themselves!!! Your examples are very shady.
I've said it before in these comments but he has some narcisistic behaviours, which involve not just elevating yourself above others but also undermiming and demeaning others. From my limited knowledge of psychotherapy this is notoriouslly difficult to treat as those behaviours can be socially advantageous to those who have a darwinist view of the world, or live in a Darwinian environment. I hope he continues to mellow as he gets older.
Nick revealed who he really was from comments he made in his match vs Wawarinka. Everybody who subsequently dealt with him did so willingly including Kalinskaya. They like it believe it or not.
Ten years ago Nick said one comment under his breath which Wahrinka was not meant to hear. He did not hear until an excited reporter told him. Wahrinka had insulted Nick in a previous match. In effect, that comment ended Nick's career. Congratulations.
C’mon Christian as a recent subscriber I expected more thorough and thoughtful takes on the sport not biased hit jobs like this?? 🙄 If the industry can curate Sinner’s innocence in spite of very strange facts, it can endure an outspoken character-and one of few of color. And all of his opinions are shared by others-they’re not unique to him. Djokovic disrupting the Australian grand slam, Court’s anti-LGBT remarks, doping among top players, still challenges in supporting and bringing in nonwhite players into the sport, increasing the American tennis audience, the resurgence of Americans at the US Open, the alternate stories you could have covered are endless…but you chose this tabloid style critique. You seemed smarter than this. Having not one but two dirty drug tests and keeping it secret from your competitors and the public while winning tournaments and money is a more lowdown and crazy incredibly questionable act directly affecting the integrity of the sport than anything Krygios could ever do.
nothing about this was biased at all lmao. i was extremely fair and objective yet critical… i don’t know what exactly you expected but insulting my intelligence for reporting on some questionable things Kyrgios did is crazy. and who’s to say im not planning on covering those topics you’ve mentioned??
@@ChristiansCourtyou took a list that any trashy tabloid can use without looking at the background. Totally one sided. If you did not know that Kyrgios had received thousands of seriously disgusting and menacing tweets over three weeks while trying to stand up for equal treatment of all players then you have no context. You want him gone? Many jealous colleagues want him gone. Congratulations. You've helped with your hate video
@@ChristiansCourt But you begged the earned “insult” for the tabloid approach that you still think was balanced-it was not. You know d*mn well you carried out a hit…and proved you can be insulting but can’t handle it in return?? 🙄🤦🏻♂️
@@sportslover2356 Spot on 🎯💯 I subscribed because he seemed smart and fair and therefore very different from typical RUclipsrs screaming opinions without basis-now that’s a thought worth reconsidering.
@@ChristiansCourt You did try really hard to get people to write disgusting comments. Jason has a point. Many players have said and done much worse things than Nick since 2015. I challenge you to do a 'bad things done by players other than NK since 2015 video. You might also look at the actual court records for that case. You might get a bit upset if you were trying to get away from someone and she refused to let you shut the door of the taxi in which you were trying to escape.
well I agree with you--he has his mental problems and for that I'm sympathetic. His current status and his "good for the sport" antics are simply his behaviour being enabled by the males in the booth and the heads of sport channels. Ha ha ha Nick they say. Ok. Is his knee-jerk reaction to the Sinner Clostebol issue funny? No it isn't. He knew nothing of the the particular circumstances and decided to chime in anyway. Why? To be in the news perhaps? He likes the limelight and will say and do the outrageous to have the lights play on him. Good for the sport? Well, I don't think so.
That tweet re Anna. Background. Sinnerfam had been bombarding Nick for three weeks with that photo. They had accompanied the photo with disgusting and vitriolic comments aimed at his current girlfriend of four years. Finally he replied. The guy who got the reply was delighted and wrote, mission accomplished. Took two weeks. Can I go to the pub now please. Who has the greatest fault...the Italian mafia fans with their barrage of disgusting tweets? Nick defending himself? And thanks for your relentless rundown of tabloid list of out of context episodes. Congratulations on your successful attempt at getting your viewers to hate Nick
How was that defending himself?! Does defending yourself require attacking an innocent person? Also kindly do some research on Giovanni Falcone and other people who died and continue dying at the ends of criminal organizations like Mafia if you want to keep throwing that word around
Nick's match commentary is good, sorry but it is, and so is Andrea's. Some of the others are just annoying, they've become practically cheerleaders for their favorite players while calling the matches
Thanks for the great commentary. You really covered every angle of the controversy. My own opinion is long-term Nick is great. He is a very substantive interesting commentator but short term he needs a slap on the butt ( a warning, a suspension for sure!)as an incentive to clean up his act ,not acceptable for primetime yet.
I've got more time for Nick, having seen him interact with children on courts in suburban Canberra (Australia) -- he's really good with kids, believe it or not. Your overall take is too woke for me, too willing to judge the negative harshly and without forgiveness, but you still did a balanced job and presented all the relevant information concisely and clearly. Respect.
Nothing wrong with him, Nick speaks out for what he believes in. He get a lot of abuse himself for being a minority player and just takes it. Whereas other players get away with a lot including Zverev and Tsipitas. I would not defend someone who dopes like Sinner. Nick and Naomi are my favourite!
Oh please. He's no straight shooter. He's a typical coward pretending to be an edgy bad boy. Most of the crap he talks about people on social media he would never have the balls to say to their face. He's such a 'straight shooter" yet he deletes tweets and posts when he gets any pushback like the actual coward he is.
Nothing happens if he disappears from tennis.
What does this mean?
@@nelsondesousa9304 Nothing. No change in viewership & tennis audience.
@@martyna2371ok, nike closteBot
Millions rejoice
But a lying doper and microsdoser like Sinner can stay?? 🙄🙄🙄
The other interesting thing is that if Sinner becomes a multiple champion, which he most likely will, having in a major commentary both a guy who says that he would not be nice to Sinner in the locker room, will be outwardly disrespectful to a major champion. I cannot imagine that happening on ESPN if it was an American player. There's enough talent among the young tennis commentators for them to choose from, no need for all this toxicity.
I'm just glad Popyrin got a Masters 1000 title so people can troll Kyrgios for his lack of winning anything above 500.
Trolling is such fun. Watching and cheering a great tennis match is too much like hard work.
And also, De Minaur entering the top 10 which Nick also never did 🤣
People give Kygrios too much grace ! I’ve never understood people who claim they had a “traumatic” childhood, grow to do the exact same thing to others. Lame ! Yet Serena would get heat for the littlest things.
Real
Much needed video. Kyrgios is toxic. Don’t give a damn about his past traumas. Energy vampire = yes. He’s a big pretender. Dyes his hair black. Privileged background. He’s from the suburbs. In other words, he’s fragile.
If Nick Kyrgios is on the screen, I change the program.
He is fragile, but so are the people wanting him canceled because he says rude things online sometimes. And if you change the program and don't watch tennis because of him, you are fragile too🤷♂
Energy vampire spot on. Dennis Rodman already wrote this lame script.
@@WickedRichie you’re also fragile because my comment seems to have triggered you.
@@WickedRichie 🎯💯 Yep they easily expose their own fragility.
@@ProbablyLying Grow up and accept that you don’t have to like a person to appreciate their talent. Your comment is pure childishness. And ironically, it’s your mentality that’s what is toxic about the modern world.
We cannot give him a free pass as fans, never been a fan of him since in 2015 he referred to Donna Vekic in such a derogatory and misogynistic way... It's understandable that he has had mental health issues but that doesn''t mean he can escape being held accountable of his actions. I just wish Osaka and Jabeur would distance themselves from him because he is still someone that is abusive and clearly has anger management issues and both have been top players from the WTA, so you are literally associating with someone that disrespects you. But in this era, clout = money even if you say the most unhinged things, so it won't happen and he will still be employed. As for the McEnroe comparison... at least he had the number 1 ranking and grand slams (still was an unhinged brat that deserved to be defaulted).
100% correct about the Donna Vekic comments. The media covered it like it was a sledge against Wawrinka but the pig Kyrgios broadcast 19 year old Vekic’s sexual history to the whole world without her consent and never ONCE apologized or even acknowledged this
Kyrgios is scum
John McEnroe is a great person apart from his past oncourt antics
Jabeur and Osaka know him personally and appreciate his continued support for women players. Gauff and Venus Williams the same. Barty grew up with him. Many women love playing doubles with him. in 2015 (9 years ago) he said something under his breath to a man who had been bullying him in a previous match - Stan still bullies younger players frequently. Perhaps you just read the tabloids.
@@sportslover2356 stan can be a jerk absolutely - see Rune. Doesn’t excuse what Kyrgios said. Period
@@sportslover2356 If you think what he says routinely in twitter is not a reflection of who he is, specially with the comments to his ex-girlfriends (Kalinskaya), the aussie woman that he pushed in a public place and caused him to get to a TRIAL to which he plead GUILTY, I don't know what to say to convince you. Also, he treating Jabeur and Osaka (and even Caroline Garcia) well doesn't mean he is NOT abusive. That is not how abusive people operate.
Nick kyrgios in 2015 said, "Kokkiinakis ban*** your girlfriend" to Stan wawrinka. Nick is disrespectful, arrogant, rude, being extra, and over the top. Now he's 29 years old, still disrespecting and degrading women.
No, he did not. He turned AWAY from Stan on his side of the court and said that, the BROADCAST mics picked up what he said and shared it with the world! I'm not so sure he's unlike many and a multitude of other men who share some similar views that he does. Nick just says them out loud! And I respect him for that. Show me who you are and I'll decide if I'm going to (as my dad use to say); accept, reject and/or tolerate it.
@godz4ever404, you see the world as not as it is but as you are because you see through your own lens yourself
@@salmaal-shaoily5809 If you're going to tell something, do the 🤬 research and THEN come back and have a discussion. If not, then sit this one out. Ok?! 🤗
@@godz4ever404 nick is misogynistic....
@@salmaal-shaoily5809 You're sure of that as much as you're sure of the inaccurate statement you made earlier "Nick Kyrgios in 2015 said....TO (emphasis mine) Stan Wawrinka?" If you're going to regurgitate a story, tell the truth about it because if you do not one can bring into question everything you say and/or do. Whether he is misogynistic or not, one has the capability to accept, reject and/or tolerate him. His behavior, his heart, his mindset is between him and his God.
was waiting for this video😭🙏
I almost forgot, how horrible he was to Stan Warinka and his girl friend Donna V
Disgusting.
so novak is better
You almost forgot. And then this idiot reminded you!! How kind of him. He has never done anything silly before the age of 21. All of us are saints.
Tennis doesn't have a Nick Kyrgios problem the idiots who hire him do.
Tennis has a terrible problem. With very bad you-tube makers who are far too pious for their own good.
Him being a fan of Tate says it all.
He's not. He actually re-tweeted something about a quote which Tate quoted on St Valentine's day. It was from an American poet.
Tennis isn't just about men's and women's singles. If they wanna make it more open, then don't sideline doubles/mixed matches and wheelchair matches. Women have been saying "let us play 5 set matches" since the 70s and men's matches are now often over 3 sets. No-one owns sport, so a great match is a great match (US women's final v men's, for example). Oh, and McEnroe has been a champion of women bashing since the 70s (I'm 65). Jelena Dokic was pioneering speaking about abuse during AO, but Zverev was made a member of the council at roughly the same time while facing DV charges. When Marion Bartoli won Wimbledon, male BBC commentator said it was "a good job she decided to play tennis, because she'd never make it as a model". Nothing happened to him. Something very rotten here, and it has been for a very long time.
What is wrong with our world today. People with a big mouth are projected as great achievers.
You are talking about the guy who made this video?
15:17 the Coco Vandeweghe shade is elite 😂😂
I just remember her strutting around top level junior events like she was the 🤬 You how that worked out. If the USTA anoints you as the next up and coming it’s the kiss of death.
This was so good. BRAVO!!!! Although I don’t like some of the things Nick says, I still think he’s entertaining. Also, I could be wrong but him commentating women’s matches is a production thing, and if he’s contracted to call a match, maybe he has no choice. He may not actually want to call them. Who knows? Great video can’t wait for the next one. You need your own show on Tennis Channel. S/N I heard the CoCo V. shade 😂
Lol! Yeah, that Coco V shade was HI.LA.RI.OUS!!!
@@soiconic9446 agree that Nick is still entertaining plus you make a good point that he might be obligated to call these women’s matches. and thank you for the support!! hopefully i will have own TC talk show in a few years’ time 🙏🏾
Come on he is not entertaining he is stupid who thinks his behaviour is great they must have a problem themselfs tennis is tennis not playing childish games get a life 😂😂😂😂
@@ChristiansCourt Lots of things are entertaining, but that does not make them right.
@@ChristiansCourt I definitely hope you never have your own tennis talk show. Your main aim in tennis is spreading lies and innuendo so that your followers will hate players. Imagine that behind a microphone. No thanks.
Imo kyrgios is so insecure and can not handle the mental stress of being consistent. Like all that talent came easy at a young age but when he had to mature and be responsible for his career success, he just couldn’t handle it. Shouting at umpires and throwing water bottles at them! Wow. Calling them “a joke” when things dont go his way is so disrespectful. They may be a joke to him but to me he is anentire comedy show in poor taste.
What a Bully he is specially verbally.
I dont watch when ESPN uses him. In fact, I UNSUBSCRIBED from ESPN when he joined. I cant do anything about his fans who like negativity and rudeness in the guise of honety as some form of entertainment but I will do my part and boycott him everywhere
Great job collecting all the receipts about Nick 😄 my biggest question is how can Naomi like him? Is she just too gullible? Can't wrap my head around it...
Her team may have advised based on these followers numbers etc.
Naomi, Ons, Gauff, Barty, Venus...all know Nick personally and love the way he supports women players throughout their careers including their difficult times. You only watch terrible you-tubes.
@@sportslover2356 yes for a long time I was giving him a benefit of a doubt because of his friendship with pure heart Naomi, but he just keeps doing tasteless things again and again 😒
Kyrgios is jealous of Sinner dating his ex girlfriend
@@razoo911 acting like Elon
No, he's not. Before Anna got with Jannik if he wanted to rekindle that relationship he would've tried. But they BOTH moved on thus his comment "second serve"; been there, done that, turn the page.
He just hate her and propably that's goes even beyond the fact that she was his ex, no one knows what happened in the past between nick and Anna, people's talks that between Anna and his new girlfriend a real battle happened with flying objects in a restaurant 😅but surely not something good. Surely he's still childish but it could be funny, but at cause of his mind his career is disappeared, unfortunately, for me that's the sad thingh.
@@IvanSpaziano-ko5cv Анна целилась в Ника, но не попала. В своих соцсетях она написала, что он очень плохой человек и попросила его фанатов не беспокоить её. И забанила его везде у себя.
@@МпуЗадастых Hi, I'm sorry but in English, Spanish, Greek or Italian please, I've not understood.
Thanks for this, Christian. He's terrible for the sport. Would be much better as a circus performer. He did, however, a rather bang-up job commentating this year. Nevertheless, the comment about Donna was something we can never forgive.
Ten years ago Stan accused Nick of faking an injury during a match. Nick was devastated. during their next match (Nick being 19) he said something to Stan under his breath which Stan did not hear and was not intended to hear. A delighted young journalist too the message to Stan. thus ended Nick's career. If you can't forgive something like that after ten years then tennis is definitely doomed.
Perhaps you should try, really really hard, to forgive a 19 year old boy for saying something under his breath about a man who had just deserted his wife and child for a teenager.
Bad behavior and verbal abuse on court or online without regret shouldn't be rewarded. The Fact that John McEnroe has had such prominent position In the commentators box has never sat well with me either. Now here we go again with Nick Kyrgios...Smh
@@Virgrown McEnroe was right to challenge the umps.
Speaking your mind, especially when you’ve been wronged, is an admirable trait. It’s not “verbal abuse”. McEnroe is a legend of the sport and a real character. Krygios is cut from a similar mould and has real talent. He just needs more motivation and discipline. There’s a reason why great players like McEnroe and Djokovic have taken him under their wing. They see that potential in him and are willing him to fulfil it. It’s all down to him.
I was not even aware of the tweet in question. It's darn good he deleted it or there would have been serious problems for him including with the networks. But your right, the fact that it was even written is a serious concern especially given all the grace he'd already been given up front for him to be in this media position. I hope many tennis fans watch and consider the point you made in this video. Again, I was not aware of this incident and it is not what I was hoping to hear because Nick has done a good job thus far in media.
While I don't think Nick is brightest bulb, I don't think he's dumb enough to say the "edgy" things he says on social media while hes doing commentary on networks like ESPN. As long as he keeps his more inappropriate remarks off of live television, TV executives can willfully ignore it.
I just wish they would restrict him to just commentating men's matches because he clearly doesn't respect women players or women in general, so it's ridiculous for him to be interviewing women players and smiling in their faces just for him to go talk crap about them on social media.
Just add him to the long list of edgelord grifters on social media.
He is absolutely great at commentating both men's and women's matches. Sinner's fans did a marvellous job in diverting the attention away from poor Sinner and goading Nick after three weeks of harassment about his own family. It was a seriously nasty campaign by sinnerfam
He's a very bad and dirty example of LIFE not only of tennis. Rubbish
Christian has achieved his goal with your comments. Which basement do you live in?
Nick is undoubtedly a very talented player, but he attracts only negative and disruptive attention. He's a better commentator than a pro player. I won't miss him.
Great reporting. I really enjoy listening to you.
Cristian, I agree with everything you've said in your analysis of Nick Kyrgios.
Quite frankly, I'm tired of Kyrgios, who bad mouths other players and makes misogynistic comments one minute, but comes across as professional in commentary the next.
Kyrgios will continue his Nasty Nick behaviour because he's got away with it without consequences. He knows all too well, from childhood, how hurtful personal digs/bullying can be, but he continues to dish the same dirt on others to gain media attention. He doesn't have to do it to have a successful media career, so I can only think that he also does it for kicks.
Contrary to his belief, Kyrgios' and his behaviour is not good for tennis and its integrity. ESPN or other channels and stations that employ him need to impose sanctions and warn him that his behaviour has consequences. Otherwise, he'll damage the sport of tennis, which he doesn't seem to care much about.
Nick is the Donald Trump of tennis. A legend in his own mind. Clown with minimal impulse control. Too bad because he was an insanely good tennis player.
As for his media career, well, people love a circus. 🤷♂️🤡
Imagine if Nick had the same passion for tennis as he does for basketball. He probably could have won more tournaments including a slam. A huge what if.
There's nothing ok with verbally and outwardly disrespecting others, full stop. Arrogant, bullying, and ridiculing behaviors are all red flags in a person who needs help, not adulation. Sadly, Nick Kyrgios will not receive the help he needs while sporting communities continue to label him as a legend with hero status. Unfortunately this sends a damaging message that it's ok to behave badly to those around us, whether that be physically or verbally abusive. If we take the tennis ability out of the equation, what's left in this discussion?
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What's left is that you have only the ten times in ten years that Kyrgios has said bad things about others. These have been highlighted week after month after year by 'journalists' dining out on them. You need to look at the thousands of times Kyrgios has said and done greatly supportive things to all of his fellow players. Dan Evans, Felix, Fritz, Sock, thannassi...Carlos - every player owes him for support when times were tough.
In my opinion, not agreeing with equal prize money does not have to come from mysogony og disrespect for women, however, his other comments are very problematic. I was glad to see his better track record off and on the court in 2022. I also think he has brought some unique insights to commentary, however, his recent tweets are way out of line.
i agree with that for sure but i highlighted the equal prize money comments because i think they’re related to his more problematic comments
@@ChristiansCourt You highlighted so many things that were totally out of proportion. Today he made some warm comments about Nadal, one of his great rivals. Within minutes he had 15,000 likes. He may not be the saint you require from every tennis player but he certainly has a fantastically honest appeal. Hopefully you will never sit beside him in the commentary box. Your halo would dazzle him. It sure dazzles me and the haters you attract.
You really did your research.
I enjoy your analysis...
Keep up the good work!
No he did not do any research. He cherry picked a few incidents without showing any balance. A proper journalist would not be attempting and succeeding to get a waterfall of hate comments.
Even the cherry picking needs good research.
To see that he's able to extract such emotions from you to type this reply means he's really a good journalist.
And not everyone commenting is a Nick hater..I love Nick's game! But his personality is sometimes questionable..hence this video.
That steroid cream sinner used deserved a ban in the Olympics they would take your medal away if you used banned substances. Nick was just directing some pain to Sinner because he had no consequences. Even roger & djoker were not happy with the transparency of Sinners failed drug test
he had no consequences because he gave a reason for the positive drug test within 15 days. educate yourself…
THE COCO SHADE 😂😂😂😂
Love ur content as usual, keep going ❤
For real, Nick Kyrgios is all "Leave me alone... I want my privacy" then he puts himself in the spotlight EVERY chance he gets. You think they had to twist his arm THAT hard to get him to be a commentator for tennis matches and give his "Unique" insights? GTFO, we BEEN knew that he loves the spotlight and to be the center of attention. (former fat kid syndrome). And he's always like "yeah everyone wanted to see me fail!" NO one did, the whole tennis world rooted for you, all the announcers said what a talent you are and how you just need to tap into it and find some peace and you'd be a top 5 player for sure etc etc. After you acted like an ass ppl would say that you were wrong etc but it was always in a "he's so great with kids, he's so nice and fun in the lockerroom, great guy to speak with" THEY MADE EXCUSES FOR YOU and you still walk around acting like the whole world was against you? Nah, kid. You were against yourself. Also, kudos to both Kyrgios AND Sinner, Anna Kalinskaya is hawwwwt!
I think he is an intelligent and astute commentator. I thought he was a significant improvement in many ways to some of the other commentators on ESPN, especially Chris Fowler.
He is a bogan! No class, a great serve that's about it.
Also, loves the limelight so will be controversial.
He has been built up by the media.
They have their own reasons for building him up.
The media have never built him up. The Australian media have spent the last ten years convincing the Aussies that he is a no-good tool, fool, waster, wanker, low class, useless, bottom of the heap, rubbish, low life, .... all described multiple times in their articles. Never read a good word about him.
Men's tennis is just so much more entertaining to watch. And much better tennis. But Kyrgios trying to therefore (or for other reasons) diminish women's tennis real hard is sad and illogical.
He did not diminish women's tennis. Christian made up a lot of this to get you to react. He's a terrible journalist.
nick is a brat and a toxic person. never liked him.
Congratulations.
Is it better to have a controversial/polarizing commentator or a dry boring one? I'm surprised at some of the commentators who were chosen to represent TC or ESPN. They picked Justin Gimmelstop, Bouchard, Coco V, and Kyrios. They are not afraid to take risks it seems.
Chris Eubank? Thank God for Nick. Fans know about behind the game. Some of your viewers know about league, recreational, junior, college and professional tennis. They know about the hypocrisy behind the scene. Especially when it comes to black players. That’s a whole another story. Nick is right about Sinner in some ways. Two test and minuscule than why even mention it or hide the results? The same way the did Agassi and as quiet as it is kept Nadal. Operacion Puerto. Nadal and Errani were his patients. Where there is smoke there is fire. Or the Spanish tennis players long history of doping. It’s like the Russian and Chinese. The facts one of the Bryan brothers attacked an official off court that fans never heard about. And on and on. So yes Nick is refreshing on so many levels. His attacking women is unacceptable but the part of taking on the hypocrisy of the tennis establishment is great.
Everything else aside, my thoughts on equal pay, in any sport, is money. If they can draw in the same viewership/money as men’s, then equal pay should be obvious.
Nick is right about Sinner. Where there's smoke, there's fire...
Even though he has plenty of baggage, he was absolutely fantastic on ESPN for US Open. Ignore the nonsense he brings upon himself and keep him on commentary and everyone wins.
Andy Roddick would be better and has no baggage. We don't need Nick and nobody wins rewarding him for continued bad behavior when there are better options out there for commentators.
@@IGuess... I doubt Andy wants to travel, but yes he's also really good.
@@IGuess...eubanks so much better
@@IGuess... Andy Roddick is terrible. I've watched quite a few of his served podcasts and his bias is a red flag.
Great video, Christian. And no, tennis does not need Nick
I honestly haven’t watch a full WTA match since Serena’s retirement and have only recently started watching highlights again with Osaka’s return. In my own personal preference as someone who hardly watched men’s tennis just enough to be up to date with the times have grown to prefer it. That doesn’t take anything ways from the WTA and all the amazing women still playing today. I am by no means a fan of Nick’s. Sometimes I think that if he would do less talking and more playing then he would be better off but clearly Nick doesn’t feel the same. To talk down on Grand Slam champions both women and men alike really makes me draw farther away from him. It’s a sad rot that has been around well before the times of Serena and even before the founding of the WTA that women deserve less because they play less and I think that’s bullshit. The women are just as talented, skilled, hardworking, and amazing as the men on the other side of the spectrum and deserve the same damn respect. I can agree to disagree on the Sinner part. I believe that if Sharapova and Halep had to face suspension then it’s only fair that Sinner does as well, but that’s not how it happened and that’s fine. Anything past that is completely baseless and has no place in the tennis community. Nick is acting as of all his matches have been hard fought when they haven’t and he should truly be ashamed of himself and how he acts when it comes to speaking on the Women who play the sport and after seeing this video women in general. It’s sad to see such a talented and skilled player have so a narrow minded attitude.
Nick is not narrow-minded. that's what Christian wants you to believe and he has succeeded. Osaka, Gauff, Williams, Ons, Barty...all love and appreciate his support for them.
You compared his loss at cinci to iga at RG. A 1000 to a GS. Women players get paid the same at GS for doing less work that’s a fact. It’s not sexiest😂
@@ovandograham7793 the thing is, the Cincinnati Open offers men more money than the women despite them playing the same… so what now?
@@ChristiansCourt yes and I agree that’s wrong. I’m not unreasonable 😂they do the same work in tournaments so they deserve the same pay but the men do more work in GS so they deserve more pay in GS. I’m not your enemy Christian
@@ovandograham7793 i get your perspective for sure. the equal prize money issue more complicated and that it seems for sure and i should’ve clarified that better in the video. but to me kyrgios has a deeper rooted issues with women and women’s tennis players aside from the prize $ argument
I love your channel! I want you to connect with Andy Roddick’s Served! 1000% agree with you that you should be given a voice on the circuit too along side Eubanks!
I get it that some people might get offended by his comments about equal pay etc. But all in all I think you went too far here... bringing Osaka to the table and him interviewing Muchova. So now that he is against equal pay he is not allowed to speak to a woman ever again? Bro...
@@REDDOT669 it’s not just the equal pay thing though… it’s also his constant digs at women’s tennis as well as his support of a “self-proclaimed misogynist”…
@@ChristiansCourt You have truly not done your research. If you intend to be a proper commentator, not just a maker of questionable you tubes, watch Nick's Good Trouble podcasts. He has enormous respect for women players. The incidents you mention are pulled off the sensationalist tabloids who make money out of his headlines.
I'm all for speaking your mind. But u gotta know when to stfu too.
I really dont like him, but he is right about one thing, at least, and that is the Grand slams. Men and women should not be paid the same. Think about it for a while.
Honestly. The longest women usually play is over 3hrs. When’s straight set wins for men can be 3hr
If he didn't want to be out there playing for four hours, then he should have handled business in straight sets. The women have already offered and agreed to play the same amount of sets in GS however it was shut down. By the MEN! The more you know! 😉👌🤗
@@godz4ever404 I think the reason they turned it down was because of tradition and because of scheduling which is already very bad. But also less people watch women’s tennis primarily because the rallies can be so short it’s boring so why make it longer. But anyways I still think they shouldn’t get the same pay as the work is less. But in regular tournaments the pay is different even tho they work the same which I think that is wrong. They should be equally paid in everything but slams
@@ovandograham7793 That's exactly the reason they gave, matches would be too long etc. We saw some of it in this past USO with matches not even starting until midnight or so. It was horrible. But I agree that for GS they should think of something for the ladies and the scheduling because that is a LOT of cheese they're getting!
Christian, does tennis really need Chris Evert that her toxic behavior towards Venus and Serena was ACCEPTED???
All your questions about Nick can be asked about Evert.
Like can we get a different perspective?? Chris evert says the same thing and her only protege from her academy is Lauren Davis…
@@hennies lol
Or Navratilova
No the one is Mary Carrillo. Her attacks were so vicious there was ESPN write in by tennis fans that she be removed and she was. Check it out .
@@Solis225 It was both Chris Evert and Mary Carrillo.
Now, Chris is very current as opposed to no talent Carrillo.
Most of what he said is true about equal pay and womens tennis depth so what are you ranting about
its ozzie, not awsee
Thank you! I was waiting for someone to say this.
@@amies8761 Americans have no excuse. They can all say ozzie osborne.
As Rafa said when asked about Nick and his talents: 'If, if, if... it doesn't exist.'
I don’t think it matters to sports media if Nick ends up ruining his career with his commentary. He will bring viewers to tennis matches because of his personality, charisma and nerve. And when he inevitably crosses the line, espn, tennis channel or whoever can fire him and suffer no culpability for whatever he says.
This video and those who have commented appears to be full of Kyrgios haters. He is a complicated human being, as are all of us. As Andy Murray pointed out in defense of him when Kyrgios was 20 years old, Kyrgios grew up in public and in the spotlight.
Who among us did not do or say something ill advised when they were 20. Yes the more recent remark was not okay, but he has done a lot of good. Are any of you aware that in the run up to the 2020 Aussie Open, he was the one that broached the idea for tennis to hold an exhibition for those harmed by the Aussie Bush fires. To be clear, HE STARTED the effort that raised $25 MILLION for the bush fire victims. Or that Coco Gauff and other women on the WTA have publicly stated that they like him- he helped Gauff for hours in Florida on his own time voluntarily out of the public eye, and did not turn that into a PR event (this according to Gauff).
He is also a gifted commentator (words of a Doctor friend of mine who is a tennis fan) and an incredible physical talent who is my favorite player to watch; the crowds that attend his matches, watch him on TV suggest I am not alone.
The video maker wants to be a commentator. Can you imagine every time a player showed some emotion on court? did or said something his sainted perspective disapproved of? Apologising to the viewers every three minutes? Good heavens.
If we want to talk about equality, wouldn't tournaments slice up the prize pool between men's and women's tennis by which one drives the most viewership. I would bet the men's tournament get a vast majority of viewership, thus driving more returns for the tournaments and should get paid more? Kinda fucked up to decrease the men's pay to make the pay "equal". Maybe at some point womens tennis will get more viewership and attention but I don't think that's the case rn.
In the 1990s people would have ripped into him for his clown act but now people want to treat his poor behaviour with endless patience, its just enables him more.
Tennis has a janik sinner problem. And, yes, the “billionth of a gram” defense is asinine.
Thank you for this video.
Nick needs a therapist. The reason ESPN loves him is because everyone loves or hates a bad boy, which adds up to $$$ for ESPN and tennis. 🤨 on a side note I think Nick likes Osaka. Again people and a lot of woman love the bad boys 😮
I will never be a Nick fan.... and any others like him. I don't approve of a lot of things the tennis world is allowing.
14:25 are you saying John doesn't know that much? He's still massively involved in the tour
Coco Vandelame.
good reporting!
I can't understand why people complain about equal pay and come with this nonsense 5 setter matchs if they only exist in Grand Slams. The regular tour os best of 3 for WTA and ATP.
One of your best videos! He sort of sucks, but it’s business and the bosses seem to think he work for ratings, etc. Chris Eubanks and Andrea are light years better, but better doesn’t always matter.
It's an extremely biased video. It draws on the ten things Nick has done wrong - harking back to 2015. Most players have done much worse things since then, multiple times, but their hair colour is much better.
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I hate canceling culture, but tennis would be a much happier sport without Nick on or off the court. The guy is a poison for the sport.
This isn't even cancel culture - this basically a dude who hasn't played in over a year just yapping to try and get attention/fame/money without doing the hard work to play tennis. He's not getting cancelled for some stupid minor issue, he's getting cancelled cos he's not good at his job- being a tennis player.
@@abi6126 He had ANAFAB surgery a year ago. It's pretty difficult to play tennis when your right wrist doesn't work. Ask Kei and Delpo. Yes, they want to cancel him.
Kyrgios is good for entertainment perpouses AROUND tennis, not for tennis itself
If y’all really wanna get under his skin tell him to take off his hat 🧢 and remove the dye from his hair
Ngl i enjoy YOUR commentary way more than nicks tbh : you're actually cool.
I only watch tennis because of Nick, he is a showman first, tennis player second, but I am not interested in seeing tennis played by participants hitting a ball over and back with no flashy moves like Nick does....I also don't watch women's tennis because of the same reason, very boring....
At one point watching this video, I thought "I wish ESPN had someone like Christian contributing to commentary'. You sound passionate about women's tennis and provide thoughtful analysis. I avoided watching Nick's commentary and watched the match with Spanish commentary of women's final, even though I do not speak Spanish. Aussie clown does not belong in tennis commentary, especially women's tennis. I wish we could get Chris Eubanks or you as commentary for that match, but it is long gong. And please do not discount John McEnroe to clown's level, as many flaws as McEnroe might have, he is a champion and won multiple single slams. PS How do we get you to Dasha Kasatkina's vlog or Andy Rodddick's served podcast?
Kyrgios is right about Sinner.
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No he isn’t. Kyrgios is a narcissistic ignorant boor and he’s dead wrong about the facts
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Wow, this made Nick Kyrgios even MORE of a legend than he already was!!!
@@ronniedeshe5253 yikes lmao
I agree-and how in the world could he be shadier than Sinner and his shaky slimy team?? Kyrgios has never microdosed at least!!
@@ChristiansCourt You tried incredibly hard to make your viewers hate him. Mostly you succeeded. However...there are some people who can thing for themselves!!! Your examples are very shady.
I've said it before in these comments but he has some narcisistic behaviours, which involve not just elevating yourself above others but also undermiming and demeaning others. From my limited knowledge of psychotherapy this is notoriouslly difficult to treat as those behaviours can be socially advantageous to those who have a darwinist view of the world, or live in a Darwinian environment. I hope he continues to mellow as he gets older.
Your knowledge of psychology is definitely limited. It relies on social media comments.
He has a twitter problem. Off twitter he's acceptable, but the moment his fingers reach the keyboard he's not
He also has an IG problem
Nick revealed who he really was from comments he made in his match vs Wawarinka. Everybody who subsequently dealt with him did so willingly including Kalinskaya. They like it believe it or not.
Ten years ago Nick said one comment under his breath which Wahrinka was not meant to hear. He did not hear until an excited reporter told him. Wahrinka had insulted Nick in a previous match. In effect, that comment ended Nick's career. Congratulations.
C’mon Christian as a recent subscriber I expected more thorough and thoughtful takes on the sport not biased hit jobs like this?? 🙄 If the industry can curate Sinner’s innocence in spite of very strange facts, it can endure an outspoken character-and one of few of color. And all of his opinions are shared by others-they’re not unique to him. Djokovic disrupting the Australian grand slam, Court’s anti-LGBT remarks, doping among top players, still challenges in supporting and bringing in nonwhite players into the sport, increasing the American tennis audience, the resurgence of Americans at the US Open, the alternate stories you could have covered are endless…but you chose this tabloid style critique. You seemed smarter than this. Having not one but two dirty drug tests and keeping it secret from your competitors and the public while winning tournaments and money is a more lowdown and crazy incredibly questionable act directly affecting the integrity of the sport than anything Krygios could ever do.
nothing about this was biased at all lmao. i was extremely fair and objective yet critical… i don’t know what exactly you expected but insulting my intelligence for reporting on some questionable things Kyrgios did is crazy. and who’s to say im not planning on covering those topics you’ve mentioned??
Lol “keeping it secret”. AFTER an entire Month you still haven’t understood that the authorities did not reveal it according to the rules?????
@@ChristiansCourtyou took a list that any trashy tabloid can use without looking at the background. Totally one sided. If you did not know that Kyrgios had received thousands of seriously disgusting and menacing tweets over three weeks while trying to stand up for equal treatment of all players then you have no context. You want him gone? Many jealous colleagues want him gone. Congratulations. You've helped with your hate video
@@ChristiansCourt But you begged the earned “insult” for the tabloid approach that you still think was balanced-it was not. You know d*mn well you carried out a hit…and proved you can be insulting but can’t handle it in return?? 🙄🤦🏻♂️
@@sportslover2356 Spot on 🎯💯 I subscribed because he seemed smart and fair and therefore very different from typical RUclipsrs screaming opinions without basis-now that’s a thought worth reconsidering.
After watching this video I like him better...
He should have done a team sport.
He's not relevant, just lousy. The broadcasters love it because that brings media and attention.
I agree, Kyrios is bad for teams
I love Nick no matter what. He cracks me up. Brad Gilbert gone from Team Coco...next.
I was waiting for the part in the video where Nick actually did something bad.
So in summary people are jealous of Nick because he is so popular.
yikes
Double yikes...Jason has a perception problem... 5 year olds know right from wrong.
Triple yikes! A juvenile and intellectually inaccurate comment
Not jealous. Just annoyed. He’s a narcissistic clown.
@@ChristiansCourt You did try really hard to get people to write disgusting comments. Jason has a point. Many players have said and done much worse things than Nick since 2015. I challenge you to do a 'bad things done by players other than NK since 2015 video. You might also look at the actual court records for that case. You might get a bit upset if you were trying to get away from someone and she refused to let you shut the door of the taxi in which you were trying to escape.
America has a DEI problem.
Did you miss the "women should be on their knees thanking Nadal and Federer" comment by a very mature man???
I think he will grow the sport. Tennis gets more eyes on the sport because of him!!
Krygios is right in all his commentary. Public is too sensitive
well I agree with you--he has his mental problems and for that I'm sympathetic. His current status and his "good for the sport" antics are simply his behaviour being enabled by the males in the booth and the heads of sport channels. Ha ha ha Nick they say. Ok. Is his knee-jerk reaction to the Sinner Clostebol issue funny? No it isn't. He knew nothing of the the particular circumstances and decided to chime in anyway. Why? To be in the news perhaps? He likes the limelight and will say and do the outrageous to have the lights play on him. Good for the sport? Well, I don't think so.
That tweet re Anna. Background. Sinnerfam had been bombarding Nick for three weeks with that photo. They had accompanied the photo with disgusting and vitriolic comments aimed at his current girlfriend of four years. Finally he replied. The guy who got the reply was delighted and wrote, mission accomplished. Took two weeks. Can I go to the pub now please. Who has the greatest fault...the Italian mafia fans with their barrage of disgusting tweets? Nick defending himself? And thanks for your relentless rundown of tabloid list of out of context episodes. Congratulations on your successful attempt at getting your viewers to hate Nick
How was that defending himself?! Does defending yourself require attacking an innocent person? Also kindly do some research on Giovanni Falcone and other people who died and continue dying at the ends of criminal organizations like Mafia if you want to keep throwing that word around
Nick's match commentary is good, sorry but it is, and so is Andrea's. Some of the others are just annoying, they've become practically cheerleaders for their favorite players while calling the matches
I stand with nick
Stand over there by the trash then!
Thanks for the great commentary. You really covered every angle of the controversy. My own opinion is long-term Nick is great. He is a very substantive interesting commentator but short term he needs a slap on the butt ( a warning, a suspension for sure!)as an incentive to clean up his act ,not acceptable for primetime yet.
I've got more time for Nick, having seen him interact with children on courts in suburban Canberra (Australia) -- he's really good with kids, believe it or not. Your overall take is too woke for me, too willing to judge the negative harshly and without forgiveness, but you still did a balanced job and presented all the relevant information concisely and clearly. Respect.
What's woke? Until you can answer that question you know nothing about respect.
You just said woke because he's Black. FU
And let him be cool and a hero for every kid and kangaroo in Australia! Just keep this clown off my screen!
Nothing wrong with him, Nick speaks out for what he believes in. He get a lot of abuse himself for being a minority player and just takes it. Whereas other players get away with a lot including Zverev and Tsipitas. I would not defend someone who dopes like Sinner. Nick and Naomi are my favourite!
LIES! He's a minority in class and impulse control. Nick gets the response he gets based on his actions!
He's so entertaining. We love a straight shooter.
@@ElAlacranDelNorte that’s the main appeal for sure!
Oh please. He's no straight shooter. He's a typical coward pretending to be an edgy bad boy. Most of the crap he talks about people on social media he would never have the balls to say to their face. He's such a 'straight shooter" yet he deletes tweets and posts when he gets any pushback like the actual coward he is.
@@ChristiansCourt Did you actually say something positive about Nick? Come on man, you want him cancelled.
Do you have a speech impediment? You seem to be slurring your words a lot.
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People. Yall offend to be offended. Just waiting to find something to find offense.
Whats your problem?
You appear offended.
@@joelmvdqp no, he's annoyed with cancel culture.
The problem is, by all objective evidence, Nick is a garbage person.
If you really believe that saying "second serve" about dating a woman is appropriate you're just childish.