Nick Kyrgios is OUT of the US Open with a wrist injury as the Australian star misses his fourth strike in a row

Nick Kyrgios pulled out of the US Open on Thursday, meaning he will have missed all four Grand Slam tournaments this year after reaching his first major final.

Kyrgios has played in just one official singles match all season – a defeat in Stuttgart, Germany, in June.

Soon after, he pulled out of Wimbledon, citing a wrist injury. It was at the All England Club in 2022 that Kyrgios posted his best run at one of the sport’s four premier events, finishing runner-up to Novak Djokovic.

Then, at the US Open a year ago, Kyrgios made his deepest run at Flushing Meadows by making the quarterfinals. He knocked out reigning champion and No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev in the fourth round, before losing to Karen Khachanov in five sets.

The 28-year-old from Australia began sitting out the 2023 Australian Open due to an injured left knee that required arthroscopic surgery.

He also missed the French Open. All this time away has made Kyrgios drop in the ATP rankings and is currently ranked No. 92.

Play begins in singles at the US Open in New York on August 28. The brackets will be determined on August 24.

The US Tennis Association announced Kyrgios’ withdrawal, along with that of Jan-Lennard Struff from Germany. The USTA did not immediately give specific reasons for their absence.

Two players from Argentina moved to the men’s singles field to replace them: Facundo Diaz Acosta and Diego Schwartzman.

Hours before Kyrgios pulled out of Wimbledon in early July, he was asked at a pre-tournament press conference if he had been missing tennis all along.

‘No, to be honest, I don’t miss the sport at all. I almost dreaded coming back a bit,” he said with a hint of a smile. “But it’s my job.”