Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Tuesday July 2, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
While his last match dates back to June 2023, Nick Kyrgios expressed on the sidelines of Wimbledon his intention to return to competition next month, initially in doubles.
The enfant terrible of Australian tennis has not said his last word. For a little over a year, Nick Kyrgios has been champing at the bit but, while he resumed training last April, he intends to return to the courts and fairly quickly. While he made the trip to Wimbledon to act as a consultant to the BBCthe former world number 13 gave an update on his situation, he who has not been able to play a single match since June 2023 and a defeat in the first round of the ATP tournament in Stuttgart against the Chinese Yibing Wu. “I am also here to train. For two weeks, I will try to hit the ball with players from the draw and test my wrist, confided Nick Kyrgios in an interview with the official website of the parallel circuit UTS. My operation was ten months ago and I continue to prepare for my return. The idea is to resume doubles next month. It will be super motivating. After that, if all goes well, I will continue with the singles and we will see how long it lasts.”
Kyrgios: “I missed everything”
It must be said that physical problems have weighed down the Australian’s career for at least 18 months. Indeed, he first had to undergo knee surgery due to the presence of a cyst. It was then a problem with the ligaments in his wrist that forced him to step away from competition, to the point of at one point mentioning a possible retirement. Nevertheless, this time away from tennis seems to have rekindled the flame for the discipline. “During this break, I really missed playing,” he said. “I missed the public, I missed my fans. I even miss the ones who hate me. I missed everything.” It is now impatience that drives Nick Kyrgios, who also missed “winning matches, beating guys, competing.” “I want to give my fans another year or two of the ‘Nick Kyrgios experience’,” he concluded. Intentions that promise to see the Canberra native as he has always been on the courts.
