Here we are again.

Nick Kyrgios is still not back playing tennis competitively, but he is back demeaning women – and continuing his crusade against world No.1 Jannik Sinner.

And all the while beating his chest and telling anyone who will listen that he is the greatest thing to happen to tennis, or probably anything.

Nick Kygios at the US Open, where he was commentating for ESPN.Credit: Getty Images

What is that saying about not having to tell everyone you are good if you are actually good?

In a tweet he has since deleted after significant backlash, Kyrgios posted the words “second serve” under a photo of him and Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya – now Sinner’s girlfriend – at an NBA game four years ago. This was on form for a person who once told Stan Wawrinka mid-match that “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend”.

It does not take a great leap to figure out what Kyrgios, who hates being criticised but loves criticising others, is suggesting about Kalinskaya.

Anna Kalinskaya watches her partner Jannik Sinner in his US Open singles semi-final against Great Britain’s Jack Draper.Credit: AP

Kyrgios apologised on social media after the Wawrinka scandal, regarding Croatian player Donna Vekic, saying his comments were “in the heat of the moment” but “unacceptable on many levels”.

Here we are nine years later, and the now 29-year-old remains immature, distasteful, offensive and comically unaware of his classless........

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