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For those who don't know about Nick Kyrgios, he is very talented but also the ultimate head case, one of the few players I would never trust to win anything, but well le'ts see
Nick Kyrgios will land one punter close to $1m if he wins the Australian Open.Picture: AAP
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Aus Open Confidential: Whopping bet on Nick Kyrgios to win Open could land punter close to $1 million
Staff writers, News Corp AustraliaJanuary 2, 2018 8:03PM
A WHOPPING bet on Nick Kyrgios to win this month’s Australian Open has left bookmakers stunned, with one ambitious punter facing a near-million dollar payout if the Aussie young gun does the unthinkable.
While Kyrgios can beat anyone in the world on his day, he’s yet to show the kind of consistency required to win a slam and didn’t make it past the second round last year.
That hasn’t stopped one punter unloading on the 22-year-old in a stunning show of faith, outlaying a whopping $40,000 on his to win the title at with sportsbet.com.au at odds of $21.
The punter will be paid out $840,000 if Kyrgios can became the first Australian champion at Melbourne Park since Mark Edmondson in 1976 — a tidy 800k profit.
“This bet totally took us by surprise. Kyrgios has the weapons to win a Grand Slam, but that’s about it really. Best of luck to the punter…..I think they’ll need it,” saidsportsbet.com.au’s Christian Jantzen.
Roger Federer ($3.25) is a firming favourite to win this year’s tournament ahead of world No.1 Rafael Nadal ($4.50), Novak Djokovic ($6) and young gun Alexander Zverev ($10).
