Speaking on the unscripted podcast, Nick Kyrgios has said: “I just think the whole media in today’s day and age is just a disgrace. It’s not even who’s right anymore. It’s just who’s first.

“They’ll just say anything. And some of the things I’ve seen written about me have just been just absurd

“For instance, the whole like smashing rackets thing. Everyone smashes rackets. Like Serena Williams smashes rackets. Novak Jokovic. It’s very normal for a tennis player to smash rackets.

“I just feel like mine has been for some reason flipped on its head. It’s like ‘This guy’s a disgrace to the game because he smashes racket.’ I’m like, ‘Bro, everyone smashes rackets.’ Like every single person to smash the racket.”