There’s never a quiet week in tennis, but this is especially the case when two huge personalities clash over a hot topic. After the madness of the Adria Cup in Serbia, Australian bad boy of the game Nick Kyrgios attacked players such as Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev for organising or attending the events.

In the aftermath of that event, Kyrgios was proved horrifyingly prescient as Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov and other contracted Coronavirus and were forced into self-isolation with COVID-19.

It would seem that six-time Grand Slam winner and three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker wasn’t particularly pleased with Kyrgios’ interest in the story.

Asking whether Kyrgios had himself followed the guidelines around Coronavirus in Oz when everything points to the Australian having done so – including his condemnation of the forthcoming U.S. Open – seems odd in the first place, but goading Kyrgios about his own lack of Grand Slam success was inflammatory in the extreme.