{"id":256577,"date":"2022-12-12T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=256577"},"modified":"2022-12-13T05:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T05:00:15","slug":"kyrgios-unlikely-doubles-date-with-feuding-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=256577","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgios' unlikely doubles date with feuding rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nick Kyrgios<\/a> and Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> buried the hatchet to form an unlikely doubles pairing at the Diriyah Tennis Cup in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

The tennis superstars were at loggerheads during an explosive Wimbledon \ufeffclash in July.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kyrgios won the third round match on his way to the final as Tsitsipas accused \ufeffthe Australian of "bullying" opponents and having a "very evil side".<\/p>\n

Watch Carlos Alcaraz, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Ons Jabeur at the Mubadala World Championship from December 16-18.<\/strong><\/em> Streaming ad-free and live on Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

Kyrgios hit back by calling the Greek "soft" among other things.<\/p>\n

But the duo were forced to work together in Riyadh after both were knocked out of the singles draw and placed together in the doubles.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"Who would have thought," Tsitsipas wrote on Twitter after Kyrgios advertised the match against Hubert Hurkacz and Dominic Stricker.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/steftsitsipas\/status\/1601200558224072705?s=20&t=BWYAcSP2Kd7xVoQvT2fRNw<\/a><\/p>\n

Hurkacz and Stricker won the tie 7-6(3), 7-6(3) but all eyes were on how Kyrgios and Tsitsipas were getting on.<\/p>\n

It was fair to say the body language was mixed – not saying a lot together in between games but playing together amicably.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Kyrgios later shared a photo of he and \ufeffTsitsipas on Instagram with the caption: "how it's going vs how it started".<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

American \ufeffTaylor Fritz claimed the $1.5m singles purse by beating defending champion Daniil Medvedev 7-6(5), 7-6(3) in the final.<\/p>\n

"Last time we played, he won, he told me that I was the better player in the first set, and it's kind of reverse this time around," Fritz said.<\/p>\n

"He was the better player for the match, and I was very lucky to kind of just scrape out some of these big points and get through it."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportAU\/status\/1602121075411648512?s=20&t=sn8I8jozUKUBwq4EAEDkMQ<\/a><\/p>\n

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