Dmitry Tursunov accuses the tennis Tour of moving towards a sort of drying up of emotions. He explained: “Players are afraid to show themselves as they are, to say in front of the microphone what they really think, because they know that nowadays anything you say can be distorted.
For example, if you come to the press room and say: I think I played very well today, I’m sure more than a few people will think that I’m arrogant or that you’re belittling your opponent. Because of things like this, players have started to feel the fear of expressing themselves, of being themselves in front of people.
That’s why Kyrgios absolutely fills every stadium he plays in, because he hasn’t been neutralized yet like the others. He was fined, yes, but not enough, so he doesn’t care. He has too strong a personality.”
Tursunov on Nick Kyrgios
Tursunov, now an established coach of the WTA Tour and in Belinda Bencic’s team, summarized the strong ascendancy that the Australian Nick Kyrgios has in the world of tennis.
He told: “Nick Kyrgios fills every stadium he plays in because he has a very strong personality and he hasn’t been neutralized enough yet. Nick Kyrgios fills every stadium because he has a very strong personality and he hasn’t been neutralized enough yet.
On the other hand, there…
