{"id":117,"date":"2025-03-07T09:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=117"},"modified":"2025-03-07T09:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:58:30","slug":"nick-kyrgios-continues-jannik-sinner-feud-in-tennis365-instagram-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios continues Jannik Sinner feud in Tennis365 Instagram comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Kyrgios has continued his criticism of world No 1 Jannik Sinner by suggesting the doping scandal was getting \u201cmore cringe every day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Grand Slam winner is currently serving a three-month suspension after reaching a deal with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for failing two doping tests for the anabolic steroid clostebol last year.<\/p>\n<p>But the length of the suspension, which sees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a> return in time for the Italian Open and not miss a Grand Slam, has been criticised by many, particularly Kyrgios.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian has frequently criticised the decision, saying at the time of its announcement that \u201cfairness in tennis does not exist\u201d, and now the 29-year-old has taken to the comments section of a Tennis365 post to continue his war of words with Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Sinner\u2019s coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-comments-darren-cahill\">Darren Cahill praised the reigning Australian Open champion\u2019s maturity<\/a>, saying the world No 1 gave him the following quote: \u201cDon\u2019t concern yourself with the criticism of someone that you wouldn\u2019t take advice from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cahill added that \u201cthis is coming from a 23-year-old. Because we have been talking about all the noise, some from players, some from coaches, some from the media around his particular case\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Underneath a graphic, Kyrgios responded: \u201cLike his team that gave him a prohibited substance gets more cringe every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Nick-Kyrgios-quote.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Nick Kyrgios quote\" width=\"500\" height=\"489\" \/>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Kyrgios\u2019 comment about Jannik Sinner on Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kyrgios\u2019 initial criticism was put to Sinner but the 23-year-old maintained he does not care what other think.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I have to answer this, to be honest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do I block it? It\u2019s not that you just put it in a part and you just say I don\u2019t think any more about this. In my mind I know exactly what happened, and that\u2019s how I block it, no?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t done anything wrong. That\u2019s why I\u2019m still here. That\u2019s why I\u2019m still playing. I don\u2019t want to respond on what Nick said or what other players says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the most important part is to have my people around me who I can trust, people they exactly know what happened. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios made the Instagram comment just hours before retiring from his opening round match at Indian Wells.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian lost the first set 7-6 to World No 85 Botis van de Zandschulp before going down 3-0 in the second. After a wide backhand, the doctor was called onto the court to examine Kyrgios\u2019 right wrist shortly before his retirement.<\/p>\n<h3>More Jannik News<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-ranking-prize-money-sponsors-next-tournament\">Jannik Sinner\u2019s next tournament, his total prize money, sponsors and ranking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-drug-ban-verdict\">Jannik Sinner\u2019s big problem revealed after \u2018convenient\u2019 drug suspension<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios has yet to win a match in 2025 having lost in both the Brisbane International and the Australian Open in January. This latest injury comes after the 2022 Wimbledon finalist was forced to sit out the entirety of 2024 and there are now concerns about his long-term future in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all an experiment at this point,\u201d Kyrgios said after his defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was told I was arguably maybe not ever playing tennis again. [But] I feel I\u2019m like right there. I feel like I can compete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m there, but if I\u2019m not able to finish matches it doesn\u2019t really matter at this point. I\u2019m not too sure right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/indian-wells-t365-fantasy-predictions\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek backed: T365 Indian Wells Fantasy Predictions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/nick-kyrgios-jannik-sinner-feud-in-tennis365-instagram-comments\">Nick Kyrgios continues Jannik Sinner feud in Tennis365 Instagram comments<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/\">Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Kyrgios has continued his criticism of world No 1 Jannik Sinner by suggesting the doping scandal was getting \u201cmore cringe every day\u201d. The three-time Grand Slam winner is currently serving a three-month suspension after reaching a deal with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for failing two doping tests for the anabolic steroid clostebol last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}