After losing to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, Nick Kyrgios lauded him and referred to him as “a bit of a god.” After two busy weeks, he now desires a “holiday.”
In the championship match, the top seed and defending champion defeated the notoriously tenacious Kyrgios, 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3), to win his seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam title.
After a very difficult year thus far, Djokovic was able to add another Wimbledon title to his collection, moving one behind Roger Federer. The match was explosive, heated, and tense, but Djokovic simply had too much for Kyrgios when it mattered.
“He [Djokovic] is a bit of a god, I’m not going to lie,” Kyrgios said with a smile in his post-match speech.
“I thought I played well, but first of all, congratulations to Novak and your team. I don’t know how many times now.
“Obviously, thanks to all the ball kids, umpires – I know me and you have a tough relationship, but I thought I’d thank you for putting up with it, and the crowd, it’s been an amazing couple of weeks for me personally.”
When asked if he was hungry for more, he joked: “Absolutely not, I’m so tired, honestly.
“Myself and my team, I think we are all exhausted. We have played so much tennis. I definitely need a well-earned vacation after this one.
“I’m just really happy with this result, it’s the best in my career – so hopefully I can be here again, but I don’t know about that.”
In his first Grand Slam singles final, Kyrgios gave everything he had, but he was unable to defeat his illustrious opponent that day.
He claimed to be “two drinks deep” and to be feeling great later in his press conference since the pressure and expectation he had been under had been finally relieved.
