Nick Kyrgios FINALLY reveals when he’ll return to tennis after spending a year out due to horror injury run
- Nick Kyrgios confirmed when he will return to the sport
- Only played one match in 17 months due to injury
- Kyrgios, 28, knows his time on the ATP tour will soon be over
Injury-ravaged Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed when he will return to the court.
Kyrgios, 28, confirmed to a fan in an Instagram story that he “hopefully wants to be back in a month if all goes well.”
He has played just one match in 17 months and in an interview last December he admitted that he is ‘exhausted’ from the touring grind and that in an ideal world his professional career would already be over.
“If it were up to me, I honestly don’t want to play anymore,” Kyrgios said in the podcast On Purpose with Jay Shetty.
‘I’m exhausted, I’m tired. I have now had three surgeries and I am only 28 years old. I’ve always wanted to have a family and not be in pain.
Injury-ravaged Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed when he will return to the court
Kyrgios (pictured with girlfriend Costeen Hatzi) has played just one match in 17 months and admitted in an interview last December that he is ‘exhausted’ from the tour
‘When I get up, I can’t walk without pain. It’s a tough gig.’
The freakish talent – arguably Australia’s most polarizing athlete – withdrew from the Australian Open in January due to injury.
The former world number 13 was on commentary at Melbourne Park, where he received plenty of praise.
He also made headlines for calling out Pat Cash after the tennis legend struck at the Australian Open crowd.
Former Wimbledon champion Cash, 58, claimed crowds have ‘gone out of control’, with raucous behavior dividing the tennis community in recent years.
Canberra raised Kyrgios and branded the Australian hero ‘an old head’.
“(It was an) absolutely stupid comment from another old man who has no idea how marketing or how things work these days,” he said.
‘You need entertainment. This generation does not have a long attention span. That’s why you see clips rolling on Instagram. They last 15-20 seconds.
“Someone like Pat Cash couldn’t grasp that concept. And I’m not taking anything away from Pat Cash. A great player of his generation, but we must continue to grow the sport for fans around the world.”
Kyrgios also recently confirmed that he is aware that his time on the professional ATP circuit is coming to an end.
‘I only want to play for one to two more years. Being at the top and going out on my own terms,” said 2022 Wimbledon men’s singles finalist Kyrgios.
‘I would hate to have another operation or anything like that. So I think I still have the opportunity to have a good one to two years and then that’s it.
‘I think I will be at peace with everything I have achieved. I’ll have to say to anyone who wants me to play more, ‘You’ll just have to agree that I don’t play anymore.’