Wimbledon is underway and Nick Kyrgios has been in the commentary box already on day one during a comfortable win for Carlos Alcaraz.
The Spaniard kicked off the defence of his title with a comprehensive victory over the Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal.
The youngster was obviously the topic of most of the discussion between Kyrgios, Tim Henman and Nick Leston who were covering the game.
However, some neutral questions were thrown to Kyrgios who reached the final of Wimbledon in 2022.
One of them involved serving to Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, with Kyrgios, asked to choose who was more difficult to serve to.
Nick Kyrgios shares who he’d rather serve to between Murray and Djokovic
It’s been over a year since Kyrgios played tennis – although it does seem as though he will be on his way back to action soon.
These days, he’s keeping his eye in by doing commentary work for certain broadcasters and he’s going to be good value at Wimbledon.
Kyrgios was asked during today’s match between Alcaraz and Lajal on BBC One who he found tougher to serve against – Murray or Djokovic.
He said: “Andy gave me the treatment out here one time. Honestly, I felt it harder to serve against Murray than against Djokovic. I’m not sure (why). I just love Andy Murray!”
Tennis needs Kyrgios back playing
Although the Australian player is a good broadcaster and summariser it’s hard not to miss him out on the court.
Reaching the Wimbledon final in 2022 was probably the pinnacle of his singles career and a player with his talent should be competing for Grand Slam titles.
It’s fascinating that Kyrgios has claimed that he found it harder to serve to Murray with Djokovic considered as one of the greatest returners of all time.
However, that merely highlights how well respected Murray has been throughout his career and hopefully, he will get the send-off he deserves at this year’s tournament.
Kyrgios will be offering plenty of other nuggets throughout this tournament and perhaps he will get the nod to commentate on Murray’s match tomorrow.
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