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Andy Roddick Calls Out Nick Kyrgios amid Jannik Sinner Feud: ‘He Lives for Likes’

Andrew Peters January 8, 2025 Chris Hyde/Getty Images Former tennis star Andy Roddick called out Nick Kyrgios amid tension between him and Jannik Sinner. On his podcast, Served with Andy Roddick, Roddick accused Kyrgios of “hypocrisy” and called him a “tennis influencer who “lives for the likes.” Kyrgios has been outspoken against Sinner after the

Andy Roddick Calls Out Nick Kyrgios amid Jannik Sinner Feud: ‘He Lives for Likes’

Andrew PetersJanuary 8, 2025

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 01:  Nick Kyrgios looks on in the Men's Doubles match partnered with Novak Djokovic against Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic during day four of the 2025 Brisbane International at Pat Rafter Arena on January 01, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

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Former tennis star Andy Roddick known as out Nick Kyrgios amid stress between him and Jannik Sinner.

On his podcast, Served with Andy Roddick, Roddick accused Kyrgios of “hypocrisy” and known as him a “tennis influencer who “lives for the likes.”

Kyrgios has been outspoken in opposition to Sinner after the star prevented a band for failing to doping checks final 12 months. The ITIA chose not to ban Sinner after he examined optimistic for “lower than a billionth of a gram” of the substance Clostebol, which was present in therapeutic massage cream.

It was Kyrgios’ criticism of Sinner that led to Roddick talking out in opposition to him.

“I selected to grasp the context (of the Sinner case) and clarify it in a means that wasn’t simply, ‘You are doping, kick you out endlessly’, however that possibly there was some nuance and possibly our doping protocols have been a little bit overzealous,” he stated (h/t Tennis365’s Ewan West).

In August, after the ITIA selected to not ban Sinner, Kyrgios made a put up on social media disagreeing with the choice.

“Ridiculous – whether or not it was unintended or deliberate,” he wrote. “You get examined twice with a banned (steroid) substance… you ought to be gone for two years. Your efficiency was enhanced. Therapeutic massage cream…. Yeah good.”

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Nicholas Kyrgios @NickKyrgios

Ridiculous – whether or not it was unintended or deliberate. You get examined twice with a banned (steroid) substance… you ought to be gone for two years. Your efficiency was enhanced. Therapeutic massage cream…. Yeah good 🙄 https://t.co/13qR0F9nH2

Within the months since, Kyrgios has maintained his disagreement with the ITIA’s resolution and has been particularly vocal on social media, which in the end led to Roddick encouraging him to cease attempting to be a “tennis influencer.”

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