Aug 28, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; Novak Djokovic (SRB)(R) talks with on-court interviewer Nick Kyrgios (L) after his match towards Laslo Djere (SRB)(not pictured) in a males’s singles match on day three of the U.S. Open tennis event at USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle. Obligatory Credit score: Geoff Burke-Imagn Photographs Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios put apart their long-running feud to submit a victory in doubles motion on the Brisbane Worldwide on Monday in Australia.
The pair defeated Alexander Earler of Austria and Germany’s Andreas Mies 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-8 on the ATP 250 occasion. The match was Kyrgios’ first in 18 months on account of a wrist damage.
“That was superior,” stated Djokovic, a 24-time main champion. “I wish to thank Nick for taking part in. He stated it ought to be a pleasure to play with him, it was a pleasure. I am glad to share the court docket with him on his comeback.”
The connection between the 2 has thawed the previous couple of years. Kyrgios, an Australian, as soon as referred to as Djokovic “boneheaded” and a “software.”
The pair served up eight aces within the match, which lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes.
“For me, I am simply trying round in any respect the followers and this lovely stadium. … This damage has been brutal for me, so I wasn’t taking any of this with no consideration,” Kyrgios stated. “I do not know what number of Aussie summers I’ve obtained left, so I am simply trying round and loving the power, and simply so glad to be again out right here. (Novak and I) promised we’d do that one time, earlier than both he goes or I am going, so I am glad we’re nonetheless alive.”
Djokovic and Kyrgios have been a wild-card entry into the doubles event and subsequent face top-seeded pair Nikola Mektic of Croatia and Michael Venus of New Zealand.
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