For the moment, Nick Kyrgios’ only known commitment in view of his return to competition is his presence in the UTS New York field, on August 22 and 23 in Forest Hills. The Australian, aged 29, intends to return to the ATP circuit before this date, in doubles first, then in singles, as he revealed in an interview to be published on Monday on the UTS website. .
“I’m very excited to be in London right now to be a consultant for Wimbledon,” he said in the interview. “I’m also here to train. For two weeks I’m going to try to hit the ball with players from the draw and test my wrist. I had my operation ten months ago and I’m still preparing for my comeback.”
“The idea is to start doubles again next month (on the ATP Tour). It’s going to be super motivating. After that, if all goes well, I’ll continue with the simple ones and we’ll see how long it lasts. »
“During this break, I missed performing a lot. I missed the audience, I missed my fans. I even missed the ones who hate me. I missed everything. I can’t wait anymore.”
Kyrgios: “I missed winning matches”
Since October 2002 and his quarter-final withdrawal in Tokyo, Kyrgios has only played one match on the circuit. A defeat in Stuttgart against Yibing Wu in June 2023 (7-5, 6-3). The Australian first had surgery for a cyst in his left knee in January 2023 and then on his wrist for a torn ligament in June.
Kyrgios was already one of the players invited to play at UTS in 2023 but had to withdraw from participating. However, he made an appearance at the Los Angeles stage as coach of Frances Tiafoe. He returned to training this spring in Australia.
“Winning matches, beating guys, competing, I missed all that,” Kyrgios said in his interview. “I was winning a lot in 2022 when I had to stop. I always wanted to get back to that, to feel that feeling again, and I want to give my fans another year or two of that feeling. Nick Kyrgios experience. »
Kyrgios, who has already announced in 2023 that he does not see himself playing until the age of 33, does not formally confirm in the interview that he had given himself a two-year deadline before retiring.
