- Nick Kyrgios confessed to forging Rafael Nadal’s signature on bill
- Australian was angry after being ‘destroyed’ by the tennis legend
Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios has revealed that he forged Rafael Nadal’s signature on a hotel bill following his loss to the tennis legend at the 2017 China Open final.
Kyrgios, who hasn’t always had a great relationship with Nadal, was beaten 6-2, 6-1 by the Spanish champ in Beijing.
Kyrgios was devastated by the outcome and decided to take revenge after checking into a hotel.
‘He beat me in the final of Beijing, and he destroyed me,’ Kyrgios told Talk Sport.
‘I was having a really good week, finals of Beijing, pretty big tournament. Then I get destroyed by Nadal.’
Kyrgios said that later while having ‘a couple of wines’ he came up with a plan to get Nadal back by charging his hotel restaurant bill to the tennis great.
Nick Kyrgios (pictured) says he forged Rafael Nadal ‘s signature on a hotel bill following his loss to the tennis legend at the 2017 China Open final
The Aussie was beaten 6-2 6-1 by the Spanish champ in Beijing in 2017
‘This guy just destroyed me. Probably earned like over a million dollars that week, so you know what, I’m going to put all my room service… on Nadal’s room. I just signed it as Nadal.
‘The waitress had no idea and to this day I’m sorry, Raffa. If you got this outstanding couple of grand bill from me, I’m sorry. Actually, I’m not sorry at all you’ve earned too much cash in your career.’
Last week, Kyrgios named Jack Draper and Coco Gauff as the two players who he feels have underperformed while at Wimbledon.
‘I am going to be brutally honest. I think my first disappointment is Draper to be honest,’ Kyrgios told Talk Sport.
‘You’re seeded four. I did like the accountability. He went into the press conference room and said he is not comfortable on grass.
‘But you have won the tournament on grass, you have won Stuttgart which is a lead up tournament. I think it was a bit of an easy cop-out.
‘I wish I could have just gone into the press conference room in my home country when I lost to Andy Murray in the quarters and said “well, hard court is not my preferred surface” because grass is. I felt like I wanted more from him this year at Wimbledon.
‘And then probably Coco Gauff to be honest. Winning a French Open and then bailing out first round pretty convincingly as well. A 6-1 set.
Kyrgios explained that the waitress had no idea he had signed the wrong signature
It’s hard to see that in the men’s game, you rarely see someone that is winning the French Open and then losing first round.
‘She is a hell of a player and she is going to be at the top of the game for a long, long time but I was expecting more from her too.’
