Nick Kyrgios and Ashleigh Barty are arguably the most prominent Australian tennis players. Both are about from the competitions since February 2020 as they didn’t feel like traveling during the pandemic.
Nick Kyrgios
Nick has been always rather vocal against players not careful during the pandemic. He decided to give an “example” and not travel after February. However, it is rather plausible that he had already in mind of taking some time off from tennis as he struggles with the pressure.
The good news is that the Australian ace seems to be “upper excited” about being back in Melbourne where he will play the first slam of the year.
After nearly 12 months on the sidelines, Nick Kyrgios has arrived in Melbourne, determined to make his mark on the Australian Open. @coreynorris #AusOpen #9News pic.twitter.com/pZTTLZFpS2
— 9News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) January 28, 2021
Now ranked no.47, Kyrgios played his last match on the 25th of February 2020 when he had to retire when playing against Ugo Humbert in the 1st round and the scoreline was 6-3 .
Ashleigh Barty
Also Ashleigh decided not to travel anymore during the pandemic. Barty remained the world no.1 even if she played only 4 tournaments last year of which only one outside Australia (Doha). Ashleigh is looking forward to getting back to competitions as she said that she missed the adrenaline of competition a lot.
Now ranked no.1, Ashleigh played her last match on the 28th of February 2020 when she surrendered to Petra Kvitova 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Doha (draw).
