Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from subsequent month’s Australian Open for a second successive yr attributable to ongoing accidents that stored him out of motion for a lot of the 2023 season, the Australian introduced on Saturday.
Kyrgios pulled out of the Melbourne main this yr and had surgical procedure on his left knee. Following a five-month layoff, he was defeated in his comeback match, falling to China’s Wu Yibing within the Stuttgart Open first spherical in June.
The 28-year-old then missed the French Open attributable to a foot harm suffered through the theft of his automobile, and he pulled out of Wimbledon with a wrist ligament downside that additionally pressured him out of the U.S. Open.
“This is a very disappointing time for me, but I won’t be able to compete at the 2024 Australian Open,” Kyrgios mentioned on the web platform OnlyFans, which he joined on Friday.
“Obviously, heartbreaking. I’ve had so many superb reminiscences there, and I simply need to actually get again to enjoying on the prime of my sport and doing it proper, however I want a little bit extra time.
“I was so close to winning a Grand Slam. I want to make sure that my body is going to have the time it needs to come back, so please bear with me.”
Kyrgios’ harm woes started after a stellar 2022 marketing campaign wherein he reached the Wimbledon remaining, received the Washington title and made the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.
He was a notable absentee from the January 14-28 Australian Open’s predominant draw, launched on Thursday in a blow to organisers, however is predicted to be on the Grand Slam for TV commentary.
