Nick Kyrgios dropped from Wimbledon commentary
Nick Kyrgios has been dropped from Wimbledon commentary duties for the BBC.
Nor has thirty-year-old Kyrgios received another call-up for ESPN commentary on its US coverage of Wimbledon, according to the Telegraph.
It comes after Kyrgios ruled himself out of Wimbledon with a knee injury which also forced him to abandon a planned return at the French Open last month.
On Instagram on June 2 he said: "Just wanted to give everyone a quick update - I've hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately won't make it back for grass season this year.
"I know how much you've all been looking forward to seeing me out there, and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint.
READ MORE: The secret surgery and 'brutal' journey that's given Kyrgios comeback hope
"This is just a bump in the road, though, and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever."
Kyrgios has not won a grand slam singles match since 2022.
Earlier this year, he split with long-time girlfriend Costeen Hatzi.
In 2022, Kyrgios pleaded guilty to a common assault charge against ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari after abandoning an attempt to have it dismissed on mental health grounds.
While the charge was proven, Kyrgios ultimately received a non-conviction order.
READ MORE: Nick Kyrgios charged with assaulting ex girlfriend
Wimbledon starts on June 30.
Nick Kyrgios has been dropped from Wimbledon commentary duties for the BBC.
Nor has thirty-year-old Kyrgios received another call-up for ESPN commentary on its US coverage of Wimbledon, according to the Telegraph.
It comes after Kyrgios ruled himself out of Wimbledon with a knee injury which also forced him to abandon a planned return at the French Open last month.
On Instagram on June 2 he said: "Just wanted to give everyone a quick update - I've hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately won't make it back for grass season this year.
"I know how much you've all been looking forward to seeing me out there, and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint.
READ MORE: The secret surgery and 'brutal' journey that's given Kyrgios comeback hope
"This is just a bump in the road, though, and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever."
Kyrgios has not won a grand slam singles match since 2022.
Earlier this year, he split with long-time girlfriend Costeen Hatzi.
In 2022, Kyrgios pleaded guilty to a common assault charge against ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari after abandoning an attempt to have it dismissed on mental health grounds.
While the charge was proven, Kyrgios ultimately received a non-conviction order.
READ MORE: Nick Kyrgios charged with assaulting ex girlfriend
Wimbledon starts on June 30.
Nick Kyrgios has been dropped from Wimbledon commentary duties for the BBC.
Nor has thirty-year-old Kyrgios received another call-up for ESPN commentary on its US coverage of Wimbledon, according to the Telegraph.
It comes after Kyrgios ruled himself out of Wimbledon with a knee injury which also forced him to abandon a planned return at the French Open last month.
On Instagram on June 2 he said: "Just wanted to give everyone a quick update - I've hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately won't make it back for grass season this year.
"I know how much you've all been looking forward to seeing me out there, and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint.
READ MORE: The secret surgery and 'brutal' journey that's given Kyrgios comeback hope
"This is just a bump in the road, though, and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever."
Kyrgios has not won a grand slam singles match since 2022.
Earlier this year, he split with long-time girlfriend Costeen Hatzi.
In 2022, Kyrgios pleaded guilty to a common assault charge against ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari after abandoning an attempt to have it dismissed on mental health grounds.
While the charge was proven, Kyrgios ultimately received a non-conviction order.
READ MORE: Nick Kyrgios charged with assaulting ex girlfriend
Wimbledon starts on June 30.
Nick Kyrgios has been dropped from Wimbledon commentary duties for the BBC.
Nor has thirty-year-old Kyrgios received another call-up for ESPN commentary on its US coverage of Wimbledon, according to the Telegraph.
It comes after Kyrgios ruled himself out of Wimbledon with a knee injury which also forced him to abandon a planned return at the French Open last month.
On Instagram on June 2 he said: "Just wanted to give everyone a quick update - I've hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately won't make it back for grass season this year.
"I know how much you've all been looking forward to seeing me out there, and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint.
READ MORE: The secret surgery and 'brutal' journey that's given Kyrgios comeback hope
"This is just a bump in the road, though, and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever."
Kyrgios has not won a grand slam singles match since 2022.
Earlier this year, he split with long-time girlfriend Costeen Hatzi.
In 2022, Kyrgios pleaded guilty to a common assault charge against ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari after abandoning an attempt to have it dismissed on mental health grounds.
While the charge was proven, Kyrgios ultimately received a non-conviction order.
READ MORE: Nick Kyrgios charged with assaulting ex girlfriend
Wimbledon starts on June 30.
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Instead of traditional training, he embarked on funky pursuits including rock climbing and calisthenics. And all his time in the water focused on the minutiae of his event in a revolutionary approach that delivered gold in the French capital at McEvoy's fourth Olympics. "It definitely took a chip off my shoulder that I had for a while," he said of his Olympic triumph. "But the manner in which I did it gives me a lot of pride; thinking about where I was, especially in 2022, but the years before that as well. "To go from there, create something and then execute it - that process is more special than the bit of metal at the end. "Getting that out of the way, to then move on to getting married, having my first born on the way - that's even more special. "Digesting the marriage, digesting starting a family, that puts the whole swimming gig into comparison; it humbles the whole job here and makes me realise there's so much more to the world."
