Dominic Thiem & Nick Kyrgios exchange words over Sascha Zverev . Dominic Thiem has come to the rescue of Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic over the Adria Tour mess which saw a number of players and support staff, including player’s families contract coronavirus.
This event has been widely criticised over the past few weeks over their poor planning and execution. There was a lack of social distancing with no protective measures enacted, not putting enough emphasis upon health and safety of both players and fans.
Nick Kyrgios has been a firm critic of the Adria Tour including the players who took part and the organisational committee which jeopardised health and safety of so many people. In particular, Nick Kyrgios has been vocal about Sascha Zverev’s situation, videos of whom were doing the rounds on social media where he was seeing partying despite having to home quarantine himself for safety purposes after testing negative for Corona Virus.
The Sascha Zverev Situation
“If the result was negative, it was time to train again and then soon out to the airport. That was the rhythm. But it was better than going to quarantine. I don’t see that I should bunker at home when I’m healthy. That’s why I decided to take the tests,” Thiem was quoted as saying in an interview with Tiroler Tageszeitung, German-language newspaper in Austria.
Thiem added that if the result was negative, Zverev should have done what he did. Instead Zverev’s mistake according to Thiem was to have put out the statement about isolation and then being pictured unfortunately at a party.
“But I don’t like the way people criticize him. He is treated as if he were an elementary school child. But he’s a 23-year-old man. Sure, he made a mistake but I don’t understand why everyone is getting involved,” Thiem said.
At the time, Nick Kyrgios had out out a video calling Zverev selfish for risking the lives of others. Thiem hit out at Kyrgios saying that he Australian should ‘mend him ways’ before interfering in everything.
“Kyrgios has built a lot of nonsense himself. I understand even less when he interferes with everything. It would be better if he came to terms with himself rather than always criticizing others.” Thiem said.
Later, as the article was extensively shared on social media. However, it caught the attention of Nick Kyrgios who decided to respond to these claims. Made by Thiem via his twitter handle.
What are you talking about @ThiemDomi ? Mistakes like smashing rackets? Swearing? Tanking a few matches here or there? Which everyone does? None of you have the intellectual level to even understand where I’m coming from. I’m trying to hold them accountable.
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) July 7, 2020
