By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_now | Saturday, March 22, 2025
Photo Credit: Nick Kyrgios Facebook
Mars of March is not limited to college campuses.
Hard rock stadium and Miami Open and Miami Dolphins of NFL is a multi multi-sports multiplex, where players kick the football ball, some, including Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu, throw a football in heating and others obsession in basketball.
Following his Miami Open’s victory over qualifying Jacob Fearnley today, Alexander Zverev was asked by Prakash Amritra of Tenis ChannelJ to name the 5 main basketball players in the ATP tournament.
Zverev, who is good friends with NBA star Jimmy Butler And who said he grew up playing Hoops in Saddlebrook in Florida, he did not hesitate when he named ATP’s best dancer.
That honor goes for Nick KyrgiosTo whom Zverev said he sometimes played more basketball than tennis in his new years.
The Zverev Gold Medal Olympic champion appointed these five pro ATP as the best basketball players: Nick Kyrgios, Reilly Opelka, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Christopher Eubanksaka Large banksAnd the highest German named himself as no. 5 in ATP starting five basketball team.
It is not light green green, says Kyrgios.
In an article for which he wrote The player’s tribune website Titled “Why I Bleed Green” Kirgios detailed how a child from Australia became a devoted fan of Boston Celtics.
Kyrgios remembers staying all night to see Celtics games from tournament stops in Portugal and China. Kyrgios calls the deal he handed over to his favorite player, Kevin Garnett, in Boston one of the happiest days of his life.
“When MEGA trade happened in 2008, and we brought Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, this may have been the happiest day of my life,” Kyrgios wrote. “Garnett is like my spiritual animal. He’s my favorite player ever.
“Guydo guy wants him in their team, but no one wants to face him. He’s so strong. The way he approaches the game is unrealistic.”
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While we do not discuss the choice of Kyrgio of Zverev as the best tennis dancer, we should make a case to Gael monfils As a leading player in each ATP starting five basketball teams.
Explosive monfils gained the nickname “Sliderman” in Tennis Court, but it is really a skywalker in the Basketball Court.
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You can remember the time when Kyrgio and monfils faced a game with one with both men showing masterful skills.
