Nick Kyrgios’ Australian Open return is unsure after he withdrew from an exhibition match with an stomach damage.
The Wimbledon 2022 finalist returned to the tour final week in Brisbane, having solely performed one singles match since October 2022.
Asserting his withdrawal on Instagram, the 29-year-old mentioned an ultrasound had revealed a grade one pressure.
He mentioned he can be “resting and doing every little thing I can to be OK by the Aus Open” which begins on Sunday.
He misplaced his opening singles match in Brisbane, overwhelmed by France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in three tie-break units, after which he mentioned he “felt like I had been hit by a bus” and reached the second spherical within the doubles, partnering Novak Djokovic.
Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic have been concerned in an exhilarating rally on the Brisbane Worldwide towards Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus
“I believe I nearly want a miracle, and I would like the celebrities to align for my wrist to carry up in a grand slam, for certain,” he mentioned after his singles defeat.
“For my wrist, it is all new floor now. It’s totally sore… we have been anticipating that. Immediately is one other constructing block within the journey.”
Australian Open match director Craig Tiley anticipated Kyrgios to play in Melbourne, and he thought the withdrawal was “precautionary.”
