Nadal: Kyrgios Has Everything

Rafael Nadal isn't a fan of predictions, but he's willing to make one about Nick Kyrgios.After crushing Kyrgios, 6-2, 6-1, in the Beijing final to claim his 75th career title, Nadal said the 22-year-old Aussie "has everything" to contend for important titles if he's willing to work for it.More: Nadal Crushes Kyrgios"The feeling is if he really wants to play and wants to work, (he) is one of the players that have more talent to achieve a lot of things in this sport, no?" Nadal said of Kyrgios. "He has everything. He has an unbelievable good eyes. When you play against him, looks that he has time for everything. That's very difficult. Then, of course, he has great hands and a fantastic serve. He has everything to fight for almost all the events of the year."So let's see what can happen in the future. But of course will be a candidate for everything."

The 16-time Grand Slam champion avenged his straight-sets loss to Kyrgios in Cincinnati in August. Nadal defeated Kyrgios for the second time in three meetings this season.Kyrgios, who was hit with a point penalty for audible obscenity, did not distract the US Open champion with his verbal outbursts though Nadal conceded the Aussie's antics were a "little bit unusual." "I am 31 already. I spend a lot of hours on competition during my career. No, no, was not difficult," Nadal said. "But, of course, some moments was little bit strange for me, something little bit unusual. But, no, I was very focused."I have lot of respect for Nick. He's one of the players with more talent on the tour. Of course, when he's playing well, when he really wants to play, without a doubt is one of the toughest opponent to play against."He's having a good run here during the whole week, so for me was a big test. Very happy the way that I managed."Photo credit: Internazionali BNL d'Italia ]]>