Absent since June 2023, Nick Kyrgios will return to the courts in December during an exhibition in Abu Dhabi. And the 29-year-old Australian also plans to win a Grand Slam tournament “to shut people up”.
Nick Kyrgios does not plan to retire! While he has not played a match on the ATP circuit since June 2023 and has not won one for two years, the 29-year-old Australian player announced as part of the Code Sports show on News Corp
his big return to competition. It will be for the month of December, during an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi (World Tennis League), before a return to the ATP circuit at the start of 2025 during the Australian Open where he should benefit from a protected player status, he who was still 25th in the world at the time of his last match (he is no longer ranked today).
“I’m coming back because there’s something that’s holding me back in the game. I think I was pigeonholed as such because I was a little outside the circle of what a normal tennis player is “, explained Kyrgios, who thought about retiring several times, having suffered injuries to his knee, foot and wrist in recent years.
Kyrgios: “It’s the only thing that will finally shut people up”
And if he comes back, it’s not to make up the numbers! Before his knee injury in the fall of 2023, Nick Kyrgios remained on a final at Wimbledon, a victory at the ATP 500 in Washington and a quarter-final at the US Open. He was then 20th in the world and had just beaten players like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Daniil Medvedev and Alex De Minaur. This is why he has great ambitions for his return.
“I’ve beaten virtually everyone put in front of me, made it to the final of a Grand Slam, won a doubles title at a Grand Slam (with Kokkinakis at the 2022 Australian Open ), I won several titles (7, editor’s note) and I won money ($12.4 million, editor’s note), recalled Kyrgios. But I think the only thing I’m aiming for now is a Grand Slam. I think it’s the only thing that will finally shut people up. This will be my deep motivation. » It would undoubtedly be one of the greatest feats in tennis history.
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