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

Briton Jacob Fearnley might be forgiven for having a sinking feeling after seeing his name bracketed with Nick Kyrgios in the first round of the Australian Open.

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.

Nick Kyrgios returns to the Australian Open and plays Britain’s Jacob Fearnley in his first match at the tournament in three years. The controversial Australian has been sidelined for most of the past two years following knee and wrist surgeries - and claims the sport has been “mundane” in his absence.

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.