Nick Kyrgios delivers on food pledge for people going hungry

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has apparently followed through on a promise to help people going hungry in coronavirus shutdown, with social media ims showing boxes of essential items prepped for delivery. controversial Kyrgios, infamously outspoken and kwn for his fiery on-court antics, said on Monday he would personally drop food on doorsteps after COVID-19 restrictions closed down entire industries, forcing huge numbers of people out of work across Australia. People queueing for welfare payments across country have been likened to scenes from Great Depression.

Kyrgios delivers on food pledge

"Please don't go to sleep with an empty stomach," Kyrgios, world number 40, posted on Instagram Monday.

"Don't be afraid or embarrassed to send me a private mess. I will be more than happy to share whatever I have.

"Even just for a box of odles, a loaf of bread or milk. I will drop it off at your doorstep, questions asked!" he said in a post that attracted almost 100,000 likes.

His mor, rlaila Kyrgios, posted on Instagram over weekend a photo of a table laden with food -- including bread, fruit and canned goods -- with caption "dining room or food distribution centre". Ims of Canberra-based tennis star's Instagram stories shared on News Corp websites showed boxes of essentials captioned "deliveries in progress". It comes just months after 24-year-old led a bushfire relief campaign that raised millions of dollars.

Kyrgios gave AUD 200 (USD125) for every ace he hit across his home tennis summer, which ran until end of Australian Open. Or players and Australian Open organisers jumped on board fundraising drive, also contributing large sums to people affected by deadly fires. 

Im credits: Twitter