‘Had a Shocking Sleep Last Night’ – Nick Kyrgios Says He Could Sleep for Hardly an Hour Due to the Excitement

Nick Kyrgios is having a dream 2022 season. Earlier this year, he won the Australian Open men’s doubles title with compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis. In the ongoing Wimbledon Championships 2022, the Australian star has reached the final after receiving a walkover in the semi-finals. His semi-final opponent, Rafael Nadal had to withdraw owing to an abdominal injury. Recently, he talked about his excitement going into the grass-court Grand Slam final.

Nick Kyrgios excited to be in the Wimbledon Championships 2022 final

During the pre-final press conference, an interviewer asked Kyrgios how missing an extra day of competition would affect him in the final. Replying to this question, Kyrgios said, “I had to think about that last night. I definitely feel like I’ve been kind of in a pretty good routine.”

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Further, he went on to add, “Obviously, it’s hard to you know, people would instantly say, oh he gets another day off but it’s definitely a shock to the system because I’ve been playing so many matches, and you kind of play a match at a Grand Slam and then you know, deep down that you have one day to wind down and let yourself relax and then go again so to have like three, two and a half – three days off you know, today I’m going to try and emulate a bit of a not a match scenario, but I’m going to try and have a bit more of an extended practice to kind of feel like I’m in that same routine because that can throw anyone off.”

Talking about his preparations for the final, he said, “Obviously, at a Grand Slam, you want to have those matches, I think in a way you want to have those, exactly right what you said the competitive juices you want to have those going, the adrenaline so that’s just something I’m going to have to you know, just go into the final without that semi-final kind of experience. But that’s okay. I’m gonna take every positive, you know. I get to rest my body a little bit, it’s not bad going in there feeling fresh. I had a shocking sleep last night though. To be honest, I got probably an hour sleep just with everything like the excitement.”

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Yesterday, the former world number one got the better of local favorite, Cameron Norrie, in four sets. Novak Djokovic is one step away from defending his Wimbledon title and will face Nick Kyrgios in the summit clash.

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