Kyrgios

A knee injury will prevent Nick Kyrgios from competing at this year's Australian Open. Melbourne, Australia, 16 January 2023 | Leigh Rogers.

“I’m not doubting I will be back to my full strength and playing the tennis I was playing prior to this event. I guess I can draw some inspiration from someone like Thanasi (Kokkinakis) who has had a bunch of injuries and has bounced back,” Kyrgios said. “The situation now is, we want to prevent him from having further injury or making that injury worse. Injury is a part of the sport. “We used the match, the charity event against Novak, as a gauge to see if he could compete at that highest level. Hasn’t been easy at all,” Kyrgios said of the decision to withdraw.

Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the Australian Open on the eve of his opening match with the knee injury that has significantly hampered his preparations.

“I’m not doubting I will be back to my full strength and playing the tennis I was playing prior to this event. “We used the match, the charity event against Novak, as a gauge to see if he could compete at that highest level,” Maher said. I was extremely hard on myself after that loss in the quarter-finals, thinking that I could win it from there on. Getting on the court simply wasn’t enough for him. I always wanted to just do everything right and train right and tick every box, and just be ready for the Aus Open.” Then going into this event as one of the favourites, it’s brutal.

The Aussie No.1 detailed the situation at a snap press conference at Melbourne Park.

Going into this event as one of the favourites, it’s brutal.” “I guess I can draw some inspiration from someone like Thanasi (Kokkinakis), who’s had a bunch of injuries and bounced back. “I always wanted to do everything right and train right, tick every box, and be ready for the Aus Open. “I’m devastated obviously, it’s my home tournament. That’s life, injuries are part of the sport. “It’s no secret that this is my favorite place to play so it hurts to miss out on a great opportunity to play in front of my home crowd and to be surrounded by the incredible love and atmosphere.” “It was the US Open, I was extremely hard on myself after that loss in the quarter-finals thinking I could win it from there on and obviously just had Aus Open on the back of my mind from that day forth as soon as I got off the court against (Karen) Khachanov. But with pain lingering, he was left with no choice but to book himself in to go under the knife and withdraw from the Australian Open. “Even last week he was having (the knee drained) where they use a syringe to try to drain the cyst. [Nick Kyrgios](https://7news.com.au/sport/nick-kyrgios) has withdrawn from the [Australian Open](https://7news.com.au/sport/australian-open) due to a knee injury that requires surgery. “It’s not a significant injury in the sense that it’s going to be career-threatening or anything like that,” Maher said. His manager had hinted at the growing concerns when he rejected criticism of the Wimbledon finalist’s call to withdraw from the United Cup and a lead-up tournament in Adelaide.

Nick Kyrgios's Australian Open campaign ends before it begins after he pulls out of the Melbourne Park major with a knee injury.

"Getting on the court simply wasn't enough for him. Injury is a part of the sport," Kyrgios said. "I've worked so hard. I had some hope. "This coming around is just bad timing. His physiotherapist Will Maher said it was "impossible" to determine when the 27-year-old sustained the injury, but he "started to describe discomfort" in his knee in the past fortnight.

Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to a knee injury, one day before the 19th seed was set to begin his singles campaign against Roman ...

To Nick’s credit he did everything to get back on court.” It’s part of the sport,” he said, adding: It was worth persevering to see if he can get back on court. “Obviously a mixture of emotions … It is unclear when the injury occured, but Kyrgios had been suffering worsening pain in the last fortnight and subsequently confirmed the diagnosis via MRI. He said in a hastily-arranged press conference on Monday afternoon: “I’m devastated obviously.

Nick Kyrgios has come under the microscope from Victoria Police after he was snapped riding an e-scooter without a helmet. 2 min read.

Me and kokk have great relationships with most of the players on tour. “He would have absolutely zero idea on what the locker room thinks. [ruffling the feathers of Australian tennis greats Pat Rafter and Pat Cash](https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-torches-clueless-pat-rafter-after-aussie-greats-remarks/news-story/54aab9f6f38b573112f2909fafe1510e). [pull the pin on playing in the Adelaide International ](https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-pulls-out-of-another-tournament-manager-takes-swipe-at-critics/news-story/10237da00b947d11e34a27202f8c5fb0)but took to Rod Laver Arena last Friday in an [exhibition blockbuster against Novak Djokovic](https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-vs-novak-djokovic-exhibition-match-at-rod-laver-arena/news-story/190dff29f756bdd83c167fb4c1723936). Victoria Police provided an official statement to news.com.au on the photo showing Kyrgios and Hatzi riding an e-scooter on the street. “Police are aware of an online image of a man riding a scooter in Melbourne’s CBD without a helmet,” the statement read.