![]() ![]() Horsfall knew Kyrgios as a basketball player. I honestly didn’t know much about tennis and Nick Kyrgios in that sense.” You don’t really get teams of tennis in Australia. Tennis is not really an accessible school sport. “Obviously being at school in Australia, a lot of people play rugby or soccer or basketball. I went to bed and I was told the result, but it meant nothing to me,” Horsfall said. “I don’t even remember watching the whole thing. He watched part of the match with his nan and pop. The only match he recalls from his childhood was when Lleyton Hewitt played the Australian Open final. He’s definitely like a brother from another mother. It’s kind of led to where we all are now. Since we’ve never looked back and been pretty close, attached at the hip for a few years there. “One day we got put on the same team and it just changed. It was maybe two or three weeks when we were playing basketball every day, going head to head and arguing, just being competitive,” Horsfall told. For Kyrgios’ fans, it will be no surprise that they met on the schoolyard basketball court. The pair’s relationship dates back to their junior days in Canberra at Daramalan College, a school for students in Years 7-12. ‘Horse’ is not the typical tennis manager, though. One of them is his manager, Daniel Horsfall. If you look in Nick Kyrgios’ player box at tournaments across the world, there are a few constants. ![]()
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