‘It makes you sad’ – Nick Kyrgios opens up on homesickness after overcoming JJ Wolf in US Open third round

Nick Kyrgios is arguably in the form of his life and is into the US Open fourth round – but the Australian admits he is “struggling” being away from home so much. The 27-year-old beat up-and-coming American JJ Wolf with ease, needing less than two hours to win 6-4 6-2 6-3 and set up a mouth-watering clash with world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev.

Ad Having overcome the Russian in the Canadian Open just last month, Kyrgios may well be confident of getting the better of Medvedev once more. US Open‘The next match is not easy’ – Medvedev thrashes Yibing to set up Kyrgios clash2 HOURS AGO It has been a successful couple of months for Kyrgios. After making the final at Wimbledon only to lose to Novak Djokovic, he went on to capture the Citi Open.

However, all of his exploits appear to have come at a cost, with Kyrgios feeling some homesickness. Following his victory over Wolf, Kyrgios was asked how he was dealing with being away from home for so long, to which he responded:“I'm struggling with it, to be honest. “I think a big part of me would love to just be home with my girlfriend and see our families and have that comfortable type of lifestyle.

But this is just what I do. Daniil Medvedev thrashes Wu Yibing to set up Nick Kyrgios clash Andy Murray knocked out by brilliant Matteo Berrettini in four sets “It's fun at times obviously going to new places, meeting new people, seeing the world. It's fun.

But it's hard. Because we text message, we try and FaceTime, but it doesn't do it justice. You miss crucial moments of life.

“I personally struggle with it because I value those little homes at home. Obviously I'm a tennis player who doesn't play a heavy schedule because of that reason. I don't want to miss those moments.