“I’m glad that I have those supporters. If she loves watching my tennis, that’s great. I enjoy watching her tennis, as well. But I think that was just a bit of a payback for how much I’ve kind of stuck up for her in the media.”
The pair are set to cross paths in Washington next week, as they are both signed up for the Citi Open, which has re-introduced a WTA event alongside the ATP 500 held there. Raducanu will be travelling with her new coach Dmitry Tursunov, while Kyrgios will play singles for the first time since his Wimbledon final defeat to Novak Djokovic after pulling out of Atlanta this week and only competing in the doubles.