Inside Nick Kyrgios’ tennis comeback as Aussie star lifts the lid on how he had to ‘learn to use his right wrist all over again’

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed the extent of his ‘brutal’ injuries and claims he has had to re-teach himself how to use his wrist.

The 29-year-old will make his return to the World Tennis League court in December after playing just one match of professional tennis in the past two years due to injury.

He had ruled himself out of the 2023 Australian Open due to a knee injury that required surgery, before having to withdraw from the French Open later that year with a foot injury, believed to have been suffered during a robbery at his home. .

Kyrgios, who has won seven titles on the ATP Tour, subsequently tore a ligament in his wrist which has kept him on the sidelines for the past 17 months.

Although he has previously admitted he may only play at the top level for one to two more years, he recently claimed he would make a big comeback at the end of this year as he hopes to win a Grand Slam before retiring. .

The Australian tennis star has been sidelined for the past year after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament in his wrist

Kyrgios appears to have worked hard to get back to full fitness, which is telling 9News: ‘Honestly, this is probably the best I’ve felt in two years.’

He revealed he only had a ’15 per cent chance’ of playing at his best again, before lifting the lid on how difficult his comeback had been.

“Physically it was brutal,” Kyrgios said. ‘Mentally I wouldn’t allow myself to do it [to give up].

‘I have always wanted to leave tennis. I wouldn’t let this injury be the determining factor if I ever played again.’

The former Wimbledon finalist has previously opened up about the severe pain he felt in his wrist, which left him ‘unable to open doors or pots’, according to reports The Canberra Times.

He had suffered a complete rupture of the scapholunate ligament in his wrist – a band of tissue that provides strength and stability to a person’s hand.

Since then he has taken some innovative measures to get his body back to full strength, revealing he has even gone as far as hitting fluffy tennis balls that children use.

“I honestly didn’t feel any improvement in my wrist,” he told 9News.

‘I started hitting fluffy balls that children under 10 learn with. I had to start from there and basically relearn how to use my right wrist.”

Wimbledon singles finalist Kyrgios has claimed he wants to return to the court and win a Grand Slam

Kyrgios worked as a pundit for the BBC and Eurosport while sidelined

Kyrgios previously claimed in October that he wants to win a Grand Slam and ‘shut the people up’.

He is expected to appear at the Australian Open this summer.

But injuries could never hold the Australian star back and despite the hardships he has faced over the past two years, Kyrgios claimed: ‘I have already won in my eyes.’

“Now everything I do on the tennis court, whether I win a match, a tournament or something like that, will be a bonus,” he added.