Boris Becker and Nick Kyrgios trade insults over party video
German legend leaps to defend Alexander Zverev, who partied while he was supposed to self-isolate
30 June 2020 - 17:08
Berlin — Boris Becker and Nick Kyrgios exchanged verbal blows on Twitter on Tuesday after the Australian branded fellow tennis star Alexander Zverev “selfish” for partying during the coronavirus pandemic, despite promising to self-isolate.
German legend Becker, a six-time Grand Slam winner, took umbrage with Kyrgios’s comment over viral footage of Zverev partying despite pledging to “follow self-isolating guidelines” after playing in Novak Djokovic’s coronavirus-hit Adria Tour...
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