Nick Kyrgios laughs off advice from Pat Cash

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Nick Kyrgios has laughed off Pat Cash’s suggestion that he deletes his Twitter account in order to reach his full potential as a tennis player.

Cash on Monday said he believes Kyrgios has the natural talents to be a grand slam champion, but only if he stops reading newspapers and interacting with his 157,000 followers.

He’s advised Kyrgios to instead spend time working harder on the practice courts.

But the controversial 21-year-old seems unlikely to take up the advice, after he took to Twitter to reply just hours later.

“Haha ‘ditch social media’ – can people keep their opinions to themselves please. Leave me alone … This is my last tweet for you Cashy,” Kyrgios posted with two laughing emojis before signing off by blowing a kiss to the former …

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