After persistent injury setbacks, Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has stated he will be back on the court next week.
The Australian had a career-best season in 2022, making it to the Wimbledon final and the US Open final eight. However, an injury-plagued 2023 season limited her to just one match.
Over the past 18 months, the 28-year-old has had a variety of ligament ailments to his feet, knees, and wrists. While acknowledging that the emotional pressure of missing out on matches has taken a toll on him, Kyrgios also disclosed that he is set to make his big comeback.
In the latest podcast, he said: “It’s arguably been one of the hardest years of my life tennis-wise. Everything else has been amazing, I can’t complain about anything else. But tennis-wise, I’ve had some really hard conversations with myself. Like why am I doing all this? Like I don’t have to do it, but I’m doing it for some reason, so I know there’s still fire in the belly, which is good. I’m hitting for the first time next week, so as soon as I get back out on the court, I guess it’s just going to be starting up, getting that load back through my wrist and my body.”
He added: “But look, I definitely will be coming back. It’s just hard to put an exact date on it because the injury was quite severe. I’m getting to the point of my career where I know that I’ve had a lot of success and many athletes don’t even have a quarter the success of that, so it’s selfish for me to come back and demand to be making Wimbledon finals again. I’m going to take my time, come back and just enjoy being back out there.”
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Nick Kyrgios in 2024
Ranked world no.470, Kyrgios played his last match on the 13th of June 2023 when he was overcome by world no.298 Yibing Wu 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Stuttgart (draw).
At the moment, during this season Nick has achieved a composed 0-1 match record.
Nick Kyrgios |
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