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The Guardian
a day ago
- General
- The Guardian
Nick Kyrgios suffers fresh injury setback with Australian to miss Wimbledon again
Nick Kyrgios's Wimbledon absence will stretch into a third year after the Australian tennis maverick suffered a fresh injury setback. Kyrgios has not played at Wimbledon since losing the 2022 final to Novak Djokovic, after a combination of knee, foot and wrist injuries. He had hoped to play doubles at the French Open with Jordan Thompson but withdrew from what would have been his first appearance at Roland Garros since 2017 with a knee injury. On Tuesday, Kyrgios confirmed that problem would also rule him out of Wimbledon. 'Just wanted to give everyone a quick update – l've hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately won't make it back for grass season this year,' Kyrgios wrote on Instagram. 'I know how much you've all been looking forward to seeing me out there, and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint. This is just a bump in the road though, and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever. 'Thank you for all your continued support – it means everything to me. See you soon!' Now 30, Kyrgios faces an uphill battle to resurrect his career, which has been hammered by injuries since late 2022. The former world No 13 has played only four singles matches this year, claiming his first tour victory in two-and-a-half years at the Miami Open in March. His Wimbledon withdrawal means his first-round exit at this year's Australian Open will remain his only grand slam appearance – of a possible 11 – since the start of 2023. Sign up to Australia Sport Get a daily roundup of the latest sports news, features and comment from our Australian sports desk after newsletter promotion Last week, Thompson gave an insight into how much Kyrgios had struggled with his luckless injury run. 'He was pretty down. He told me he doesn't know how much more of these injuries he can take, and you've just got to feel for him,' Thompson said. 'Because as much as he says things in the media, I think he loves playing tennis and he loves being on court, so it's disappointing that he can't be here on the court.'
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘I'm genuinely sorry' – Nick Kyrgios to MISS Wimbledon after suffering injury setback following two years of hell
NICK KYRGIOS has issued an apology to tennis fans after confirming he will MISS Wimbledon this summer. The Aussie ace has suffered injury issues over the last two years following his 2022 final defeat to Novak Djokovic. 1 Kyrgios, 30, won his first singles match since 2022 at the Miami Open in March. However, he then pulled out of the French Open with a knee injury. He was scheduled to feature in the tournament in the men's doubles along with fellow Aussie Jordan Thompson.. Kyrgios has now revealed he has suffered another setback and will not appear at Wimbledon this year. In his announcement on Instagram for his 4.1million followers, he apologised to them. He wrote: "I've hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately, I won't make it back for grass season this year. "I know how much you've been looking forward to seeing me out there and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint. "This is just a bump in the road though and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever. "Thank you for all your continued support - it means everything to me. See you soon." Wimbledon is scheduled to start later this month on June 30. Kyrgios still showed up at the French Open in a new role as he worked as a commentator. He previously spoke about the prospect of being forced into an early retirement from tennis. He said: "I don't want to speak it into existence [retirement]. "but I strongly believe I've done the work for my wrist to hold up. "I'm towards the later stages of my career, for sure. "I think with this injury, win or lose, it's just a bonus being out there."
ABC News
2 days ago
- General
- ABC News
Nick Kyrgios ruled out of Wimbledon for a third straight year with 'small' injury setback
Nick Kyrgios's Wimbledon absence will stretch into a third year after the Australian tennis maverick suffered a fresh injury setback. Kyrgios hasn't played at Wimbledon since losing the 2022 final to Novak Djokovic, after a combination of knee, foot and wrist injuries. He had hoped to play doubles at the French Open with Jordan Thompson but withdrew from what would have been his first appearance at Roland-Garros since 2017 with a knee injury. On Tuesday, Kyrgios confirmed that problem would also rule him out of Wimbledon. "Just wanted to give everyone a quick update — l've hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately won't make it back for grass season this year," Kyrgios wrote on Instagram. "I know how much you've all been looking forward to seeing me out there, and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint. "This is just a bump in the road though, and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever. "Thank you for all your continued support — it means everything to me. See you soon!" Now 30, Kyrgios faces an uphill battle to resurrect his career, which has been hammered by injuries since late 2022. The former world No.13 has played only four singles matches this year, claiming his first tour victory in two-and-a-half years at the Miami Open in March. His Wimbledon withdrawal means his first-round exit at this year's Australian Open will remain his only grand slam appearance — of a possible 11 — since the start of 2023. Last week, Thompson gave an insight into how much Kyrgios had struggled with his luckless injury run. "He was pretty down. He told me he doesn't know how much more of these injuries he can take, and you've just got to feel for him," Thompson said. "Because as much as he says things in the media, I think he loves playing tennis and he loves being on court, so it's disappointing that he can't be here on the court." AAP
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Nick Kyrgios drops another sad bombshell about his attempts to return to the court - leaving clouds over his future
Nick Kyrgios has revealed his struggle to overcome wrist and knee injuries will rule him out of competing at Wimbledon this year - just days after announcing his French Open campaign had been ruined as well. The 30-year-old revealed his latest setback to his Instagram followers on Tuesday afternoon. '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,' he wrote. 'I know how much you've all been looking forward to seeing me out there, and I'm genuinely sorry to disappoint. 'This is just a bump in the road though, and I'm already working hard to get back stronger than ever.' The news comes a week after Kyrgios revealed a fresh knee injury - on top of the one he required surgery for during the 2023 Australian Open - had forced him to drop his plan to play men's doubles with fellow Aussie Jordan Thompson at the French Open. The 30-year-old revealed the sad news in an Instagram message on Tuesday (pictured) 'Nick was really pumped to play here. He kept messaging me every week, "You good to go to for doubs at Roland Garros?",' Thompson revealed. Former Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios, whose recent career has become a stop-start affair riddled with injury concerns, had declared happily only three weeks ago that he would reunite with Thompson, whose regular doubles partner Max Purcell is serving a ban for infringing doping regulations. The Canberra-based star had reconstructive surgery on his right wrist and was seen in pain during a practice session he had to cut short in America in March. He crashed out of this year's Australian Open men's singles in his opening-round match, then he and his injured mate Thanasi Kokkinakis had to pull out of their opening men's doubles match in the middle of the second set. Kyrgios's year got worse when he and long-term girlfriend Costeen Hatzi broke up, with the news surfacing as they unfollowed each other on social media in May. Hatzi, 25, shared multiple cryptic posts in the wake of the split, publishing a TikTok in which she appeared to mouth the words: 'Who the f*** did I marry? So at this point in time, I have filed for divorce.' She has now provided some clarity to the situation, stating that the pair had ended things on good terms, while wishing nothing but the best for her ex-partner. 'We haven't spoken, relationships come to an end and I believe it's for the best,' Hatzi said. 'And I hope he finds peace and happiness within himself. 'I definitely entered the relationship with pure intentions. I loved him and thought we had a great connection.
News.com.au
7 days ago
- Health
- News.com.au
Alex de Minaur wants season shortened as event after event takes its toll at French Open
Alex de Minaur joined a growing chorus of tennis stars calling for change to a packed schedule, declaring there's too much tennis after his defeat left Alexei Popyrin the lone Aussie male in the draw at Roland Garros. While new Australian Daria Kasatkina continued to fly the flag and marched into the third round, Queenslander Adam Walton also suffered a straight-sets second-round defeat. After a five-set battle with Alexander Bublik that again cruelled de Minaur's grand slam dream, the Australian No.1 criticised the 'gruelling' schedule that demanded too much of players and said it was 'not normal'. 'No-one's got a solution,' he said after his 2-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 loss. 'But the solution is simple: you shorten the schedule, right? 'What's not normal is that for the last three, four years I've had two days off after the Davis Cup and I've gone straight into pre-season, straight into the new season again,' said de Minaur of the gruelling program that kicked off with the United Cup in December, 33 days after the Davis Cup finals ended. 'Once you start, you don't finish until November 24, so it's never-ending. The way it's structured … I had to deal with that. I'm still dealing with that right now. 'The solution is you shorten because what's going to happen is players' careers are going to get shorter and shorter because they're just going to burn out mentally. There's just too much tennis.' De Minaur's call came after countryman Jordan Thompson described the ATP schedule as 'sh*t' and 'just a joke' after detailing the injuries he had been playing with. Kasatkina, now playing under the Australian flag after defecting from Russia, easily accounted for local hope Leolia Jeanjean. She remains the only Australian woman in the draw at Roland Garros and will next play Spanish 10th seed Paula Badosa in the third round. Walton, who had made it through to the second round at the French Open for the first time, revealed he was also battling an arm injury after his loss to Andrey Rublev.
