In a candid interview from the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh,where he’s competing for a $1.5 million winner’s prize in the invitational 12-man,three-day Diriyah Tennis Cup exhibition event,Kyrgios opened up for the first time about his reasons for his three-year absence from team competition.
And he said he wasn’t sure if he’d ever play in the world cup of men’s tennis again
Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt and Australian men’s No.1 Alex de Minaur both revealed in Malaga after the team had been beaten in the final that they’d tried in vain to persuade Kyrgios to play,with Hewitt shrugging:“You have to ask him”.
When asked on the eve of the Middle East tournament,the 27-year-old responded:“At this point of my career,I’ll always do what’s best for me.
“I can travel around the world playing exhibitions around this time of year for six figures – you know I feel I put myself in that position – so it’s an easy one for me.
“I’ll easily take time with my family and my girlfriend and enjoy experiences around the world and earn that type of money rather than play a week away in something where I wouldn’t be able to be with my girlfriend and I’m not getting paid that well.
“[That] doesn’t really make sense to me and my progression as an athlete.”