Nick Kyrgios reveals his emotional moment after fresh injury woes threaten to ruin his comeback – as he reveals shocking fact about his repaired wrist

Nick Kyrgios has revealed he was feeling ’emotional’ earlier this week after a fresh injury cast serious doubt on his hopes of a long-awaited comeback at his home Grand Slam.

It has been a long and grueling road back to this point for the Australian tennis star, who has jumped through hoops to continue playing at the highest level after a spate of injuries put his career on hold.

But in painful circumstances, the 29-year-old announced this week he was withdrawing from an exhibition doubles match alongside Novak Djokovic after suffering a first-degree abdominal strain.

The seven-time ATP Tour winner has yet to decide whether he will be ready to play next week. He admits he was back training to test the injury.

And understandably, a disheartened Kyrgios spoke during the match about his frustrations with the new injury Roof at QT summer campaign event.

“Yes, I mean it’s difficult, at the end of the day we play tennis because we enjoy it,” Kyrgios told Daily Mail Australia.

The Aussie star had fought his way back from a serious wrist injury to be fit for the Australian Open, but could still miss out due to grade-one abdominal pain

Kyrgios also opened up about his troublesome wrist, claiming that after the injury he didn’t think he could play anymore

“I think it’s about going out there, being active and just enjoying it and focusing on trying to win or trying to compete, and now the emphasis for me is just managing the load. Injury here.

‘Happy here. Ab strain, wrist reconstruction.

“It’s like… it is what it is, I’m definitely in the later stages of my career.

“I’m not young anymore, so I understand my body being tired and getting hurt, but yeah, it’s definitely frustrating, you know.

“I got emotional a few days ago just because I was trying so hard to get back to this point.”

In October, Kyrgios had lifted the lid on what motivated his comeback, before claiming he felt he had ‘one or two more years’ at the top level.

But he looked far from done last week as tennis’s great entertainer dazzled fans at Pat Rafter Arena alongside Djokovic in the men’s doubles.

The pair lit up the event with trick shots, dancing and their energetic atmosphere on the court.

Kyrgios returned to training at Melbourne Park earlier today after also drawing Jacob Fearnley in the first round of the Australian Open

Rather shockingly, Kyrgios admitted that he was unable to perform even some very simple tasks because of his wrist

Kyrgios was also scheduled to compete in the men’s singles at the tournament, but was eliminated by Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who went on to play three matches in three days.

‘Playing doubles with Novak in Brisbane and going up against one of the most confident players on tour [Perricard] and it’s just… it was hard for me,” he added.

‘But another setback that hinders my preparation and may eliminate me. It’s like, ‘I just want to be able to play.'”

Kyrgios’ schedule for the Australian Open is yet to be confirmed after he was drawn against unseeded star Jacob Fearnley in today’s draw.

Kyrgios hopes to have a match later in the first few days of the event to give his stomach more time to heal.

In recent years, Kyrigos has fought his way back from knee, ankle and wrist problems – the worst of them all, with the tennis superstar admitting the injury and surgery had affected his ‘standard of living’.

‘Seven months after my wrist, I didn’t actually think I would play again. I was still in pain,” Kyrgios said.

“I still have pain now like I can’t play and I’m never pain free in my wrist, but it’s gotten to the point where I can play now.”

Kyrgios (left) and Djokovic (right) dazzled fans at the Brisbane International last week

Rather shockingly, Kyrgios admitted that he was unable to perform even some very simple tasks because of his wrist.

He added: ‘My standard of living was so bad with my wrist. “Like I couldn’t carry groceries, I couldn’t turn the doorknob, I couldn’t put salt in my food.

“So when he told me, ‘The surgery wasn’t for your tennis, say that [tennis] in the back of your mind, this surgery will help you live again.

“And if you’re somehow able to rehabilitate yourself to the point where you can play again, then that is.” No other tennis athlete has undergone this operation and the return was really just an experiment.’