BRISBANE, Australia — Nick Kyrgios says he’ll make a return to aggressive tennis on the Brisbane Worldwide starting Dec. 29 after enjoying just one ATP Tour match in additional than two years.
The 29-year-old Kyrgios has been principally sidelined with career-threatening wrist and knee accidents because the 2022 U.S. Open quarterfinals.
That run got here six weeks after reaching the Wimbledon ultimate when he got here closest to profitable a Grand Slam singles championship earlier than shedding in 4 units to Novak Djokovic.
Additionally stating his intentions to play within the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne, Kyrgios stated he is planning to compete within the World Tennis League exhibition occasion in Abu Dhabi from Dec. 19-22, with the blended group occasion additionally attracting gamers corresponding to Iga Swiatek, Casper Ruud, Aryna Sabalenka, Taylor Fritz and Daniil Medvedev.
Kyrgios was a late withdrawal from the Australian Open in 2023 because of a knee damage that required surgical procedure, earlier than having to drag out of the French Open later that yr with a foot problem.
A winner of seven titles on the ATP Tour, Kyrgios subsequently tore a ligament in his wrist that additionally wanted surgical procedure along with his final tour match a short-lived return to grass at Stuttgart in June 2023.
At the moment unranked, the one-time Thirteenth-ranked participant stated he was excited to renew his profession in entrance of house followers.
“Truthfully, that is in all probability the most effective I’ve felt in two years,” he advised a Melbourne tv station Friday. “I performed that incredible yr in 2022. Then on the finals in Wimbledon and U.S. Open, that’s once I began feeling some points in my wrist. I had that wrist reconstruction and now I’m feeling wonderful.”
At a later media convention in Brisbane, Krygios added: “I’m feeling match and wholesome, and I’m excited for my return to tennis . . . it has been an extended journey of restoration to be the place I’m right now.”
