Tennis stars react to Kyrgios missing out on Australian Open

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Alexander Bublik, Andrey Rublev, Holger Rune and Diego Schwartzman spoke highly of what Nick Kyrgios brings to the game of tennis following the news last week that the 28-year-old will not be playing in the Australian Open.

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00:00 Seeing Nick in the position he is now, I saw him in Hale, we had a practice actually in Hale,

00:06 and I saw in what state of mind and in what position he is in terms of injuries,

00:10 in terms of his body, and it's sad because I think he had already a great career,

00:15 he achieved the Slam final, he won the Masters and made a couple of finals,

00:20 so I think he is a great player and he deserves to be on the Tour de France,

00:25 and obviously I believe he wants to play, maybe he says he wants to retire,

00:30 but I believe he wants to play, just his body maybe doesn't allow him to do it at the moment,

00:34 but I wish him a quick recovery and of course in the locker room it's always nice to have fun players,

00:40 there aren't so many of them.

00:42 Nick is first of all a very talented player, one of the most talented players that tennis needs,

00:49 so I can say only that we need him back because he brings a lot of fun to tennis,

00:56 and he makes me smile with this comment.

00:59 He is struggling with injuries, it's tough for him,

01:02 but it's tough for him that he can't play in Australia because it's the home tournament,

01:09 home crowd, it's a big opportunity for him, but again he has to take care of himself and I wish him the best.

01:15 I think the people sometimes are judging him too much,

01:19 but I think for tennis, for the fans, he is great,

01:23 so I hope he is coming back soon because for the tennis fans it's very important.

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