Kyrgios poses with alleged real life ‘gangsta rapper'

Perth Now

20-05-2025

Nick Kyrgios has been pictured with a rapper who was involved in a vicious jailhouse fight and is accused of kidnapping, following his split from long-time partner Costeen Hatzi.
The tennis star, who is set to play in the French Open for the first time in eight years in the doubles draw with Jordan Thompson, appears to be moving on from Hatzi. He is also in the process of selling his $1.8 million penthouse unit in Sydney.
But it is the current company he is choosing to keep that will raise eyebrows.
Kyrgios, who is never too far from a damning headline, posted a photo with Ali Younes — better known by his stage name Ay Huncho— from a gig the rapper played at the Frucition nightclub in Canberra earlier this month.
'Keep waiting on it @ayhuncho,' Kyrgios captioned the photo, which Ay Huncho re-shared.
Younes is out on $1.8 million bail as he faces kidnapping and assault charges and was also involved in a fight at Parklea Correctional Centre in June last year.
Police say Younes was in the waiting room when rival rapper Sesita 'Radistarz' Lyzwa walked past him.
The pair started trading blows, and both were charged of affray. The charge against Younes was later dismissed in court, while Lyzwa was sentenced to a month in jail, The Daily Telegraph reported. Kyrgios's $1.8 million unit in Sydney is on the market. Credit: supplied
Outside the rap game, in the property game, Kyrgios is hoping to fetch close to $2m for the three-bedroom, two-bathroom rooftop unit with access to a pool in Kensington, which he bought for $1.6m in 2022.
The asking price for the unit he used as his Sydney base is $1.8m.
The woman he had been spending his time there with in the Harbour city, Hatzi, said she had moved on from the troubled sports star.
'I'm loving my work and doing content every day,' she told The Herald Sun.
'We haven't spoken. Relationships come to an end. I believe it's for the best.
'I hope he finds peace and happiness within himself.
'I definitely entered the relationship with pure intentions. I loved him, thought we had a great connection.'
On the court, Kyrgios was not expected to head to Roland Garros later this month, having last played there in a second-round loss in 2017.
Plagued by injuries the 30-year-old has played only four singles matches this year, winning one at the Miami Open in March.
But he said he decided to go to Paris with Thompson's regular doubles partner Max Purcell serving a doping ban.
'The French Open was never really on the cards,' Kyrgios told The Canberra Times.
'But after the stuff with Max Purcell, Jordan was looking for a partner and he asked me if I wanted to play.
'We've played at the French Open before, so it'll be good to get out there and play with another fellow Aussie and have a bit of fun.'
The French Open begins on May 25.
With AAP