Marion Bartoli Bashes Kyrgios & Monfils

Marion Bartoli, best known for her Wimbledon title in 2013, had some critical words for Nick Kyrgios & Gael Monfils.

When discussing the two players’ chances at Wimbledon, she argued that they lack the professional work ethic to capture a maiden grand slam title. She called them “pathetic” and urged the men to “grow up”.

"It's pathetic. It seems like they can't grow up." @bartoli_marion says Nick Kyrgios and Gael Monfils do not have the right work ethic to win a Grand Slam.#6love6 live 🎾📲: https://t.co/cG7sYv98pW#Wimbledon #bbctennis pic.twitter.com/BQfRz4SyJ8

— BBC 5 live Sport (@5liveSport) July 5, 2018

UPDATE: Kyrgios has gotten word of Bartoli’s comments and responded on his Instagram (he doesn’t seem happy).

Yesterday @bartolimarion had to say some nice things about @iamgaelmonfils and myself.. They’re ‘Pathetic’ ‘Children’ They ‘Can’t become men’ ‘wasting their life’ – Who are you to judge the way we go about things? Who are you to tell us how to do things, when u have no idea what we’ve been through?…. stop assuming you know what’s best for others when you think you’ve had a little success.. we get it, we know you have to remain relevant, but I’ll give you a heads up, we don’t care what you have to say.

A post shared by Nick (@k1ngkyrg1os) on Jul 6, 2018 at 7:15am PDT

Monfils commented below his post, echoing his support.