The podcast included salacious suggestions from Wertheim that Kyrgios’ views about Sinner are personal and surround Sinner’s current girlfriend — Anna Kalinskaya. The Russian, who is ranked No. 14 on the WTA Tour rankings, was previously in a relationship with Kyrgios.

Some images have been circulated on social media in which it can be seen that Anna and Nick completely ignore each other after accidentally meeting in the locker room. Kalinskaya doesn't even deserve a glance at her ex-boyfriend, before Nick starts talking very friendly with 4-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz.

Nick Kyrgios has been a vocal critic of Jannik Sinner since the Italian was cleared of fault after twice testing positive for a banned substance last March

Novak Djokovic says he wants to "focus on tennis" after claiming in a magazine interview he had been "poisoned" when detained in a Melbourne hotel.

The Serbian alleged in an interview that food he was served in Melbourne led to him having high levels of lead and mercury.

Known to be a good friend of the Serbian ace, Australia's Nick Kyrgios supported Novak Djokovic’s allegations during a press conference.

Nick Kyrgios said on Friday his return to the Grand Slam stage at Melbourne Park after two injury-plagued years has come just in time as tennis was becoming "a bit mundane".

Britain's Jacob Fearnley is set to face Nick Kyrgios - and a partisan home crowd - in the controversial Australian's return to Grand Slam tennis.

Britain's Jacob Fearnley has been handed a blockbuster Australian Open debut against Nick Kyrgios. Scot Fearnley was still at college in the United States during last year's tournament but has rocketed up to No86 in the world after a stunning start to his professional tennis career,