‘My life isn’t real’: Nick Kyrgios squashes 10-year beef with Drake in one DM

Aussie tennis star Nick Kyrgios has finally ended a near 10-year feud with one of the biggest music artists in the world.

The beef has been squashed. Photo: Getty Images

Nick Kyrgios is living a truly bizarre life.

The Aussie tennis star has been on the sidelines for the best part of the year, dealing with knee and wrist injuries.

But despite the setbacks, the 28-year-old revealed international music superstar Drake had slid into his DMs, seemingly responding to a 10-year-old beef.

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The Canadian rapper is a huge sports fan, with his gigantic bets often going viral — as well as the “Drake curse”, which sees him lose a fair share of them.

Then again, it’s little more than pocket change for the rapper, who’s net worth is estimated to be around $US250m ($A390m), with the recording artist reportedly bringing in over $US70m ($A109m) a year.

But Kyrgios has revealed Drake slid into his DMs to tell Kyrgios: “When you said I was trash it hurt me cause you really my fav player”.

Kyrgios replied: “Haha I didn’t say you are trash. I love your music my bro... hope you are good.”

Drake responded: “We will link up soon” and “Speedy recovery my guy”.

Kyrgios posted the exchange on his Instagram Stories with the caption “Sometimes I think my life isn’t real”.

The DM from Drake. Photo: Instagram

19yo Nick Kyrgios. Photo: AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT

Now it’s not clear if Kyrgios was digging through his DMs or it was a recent exchange, but the issue appears to have stemmed from a comment the Aussie made way back in 2014.

The then-19-year-old Kyrgios was playing at Wimbledon and lost the first set of his third round match to Jiri Vesely.

He came back to win 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 but quipped post-match: “Today was a bit of rap, actually. I came out really flat, so hopefully I won’t listen to that again. It was actually Drake. Didn’t do the job for me.”

But Drake wasn’t too happy, despite getting some of his facts wrong.

“I also want to meet this guy that says that he lost because he listened to my music,” Drake said at the time.

“I also want to meet that guy and look him in the eye and see exactly who he is as a man and size him up and then chop him right down. Nick whatever-his-name-is — because he didn’t win, so that’s how he’s going to be remembered: ‘Nick whatever-his-name-is’.”

But Kyrgios quickly backtracked, tweeting: “Let’s be clear. I like @Drake – love his music, just said I was a little flat, ended up winning that match. No blame game here.”

Drake wasn't happy. Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

Kyrgios couldn’t make it on court at Wimbledon. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

And then Kyrgios defeated Rafael Nadal to make the quarterfinals of the tournament, the first player in a decade to reach that stage of the tournament on debut.

Kyrgios has since become one of the biggest blockbuster draws in the tennis world, and while on court success hasn’t always followed, he is an Australian Open doubles champion alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis and a Wimbledon Finalist in 2022.

However, he’s played just one competitive match this year due to his injury issues.

But Kyrgios is nearing a return, having reportedly had conversations with the Brisbane International tournament director about playing in the tournament.

Kyrgios won the tournament in 2018.

The event was scrapped due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it will come back for the first time in 2023.

Before his return however, Kyrgios will debut a new role as he tries his hand at commentary at the ATP Finals.