Would he play it? “One hundred per cent I would. Definitely,” he replied. “There’s plenty of good players I’d love to play with, past and present.

“I’ve had the honour of playing with Serena and Venus (Williams). I would have loved to have played with Ash Barty at some stage. I think she was by far one of the most talented female players to ever play the game. I think we would have done some damage on the court, for sure.”

Mic up the players

Kyrgios believes hearing what players are saying more clearly on court in the heat of battle would add to the fan experience.

“I would have players mic’ed up, as well. I think if you watch the NBA, the uniform or kit that they wear, they professionally put like a mic inside the shirt around the collar, so you can’t feel it,” he said.

“Not doing that (in tennis) is being absurd for me – why would you not have like Novak or Alcaraz mic’ed up to hear what they’re saying?

“Even before the points, you see some of these amazing athletes – I do it myself sometimes – before a big point, they’re talking to themselves.

“The content that you could create from that already would have tennis fans glued to their phone.”

Better commentary

When asked about his experience of tennis broadcasting, Kyrgios revealed he was surprised at how mean some of the commentators were.

“I’m not a very critical commentator. I don’t like when commentators beat down (on players) or are too critical, because it’s not easy out there, in today’s day and age, the game’s so physical,” he said.

“Tennis commentating right now needs a bit of a shake-up, I think. I guess when you’ve really played, and you understand the Futures and the Challengers, like how many players there are on a global scale, (you understand) how hard it is to actually make it into the top 128 players to make a Grand Slam.