Nick Kyrgios pulled out of Wimbledon the night time earlier than the event’s begin, citing a wrist damage, a yr after he reached his first Grand Slam remaining on the All England Club.
His withdrawal was introduced by Wimbledon on Sunday night time and Kyrgios wrote about it on social media.
He was seeded thirtieth within the males’s bracket and was scheduled to face David Goffin on Monday. Kyrgios shall be changed within the subject by a participant who misplaced throughout qualifying.
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“I’m really sad to say that I have to withdraw from Wimbledon this year. During my comeback, I experienced some pain in my wrist during Mallorca. As a precaution I had it scanned and it came back showing a torn ligament in my wrist,” Kyrgios posted on social media. “I tried everything to be able to play and I am disappointed to say that I just didn’t have enough time to manage it before Wimbledon.”
He has performed only one match all season, after starting 2023 by pulling out of the Australian Open due to an injured left knee that required arthroscopic surgical procedure.
The 28-year-old Australian additionally missed the French Open, and now well being points may have precipitated him to sit down out every of the yr’s first three majors — the occasions that function the massive phases and vivid lights he appears to take pleasure in probably the most.
Hours earlier than his withdrawal on Sunday, Kyrgios was requested at a pre-tournament news convention how his physique was holding up and whether or not he was prepared for best-of-five-set competitors at a Grand Slam event.
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“I still think there’s some question marks, for sure,” he replied.
“I look at my preparations last year coming in — I probably had the most ideal preparation possible,” Kyrgios stated. “It couldn’t be any (more) different this year.”
The solely match he has participated in since October of final yr was a gap loss towards Wu Yibing on the Stuttgart Open on June 13.
Kyrgios was requested Sunday whether or not he missed tennis throughout all the time away over the previous ninth months.
“No, I don’t miss the sport at all, to be fair. I was almost dreading coming back a little bit,” he said with the hint of a smile. “But it’s my job.”
A yr in the past at Wimbledon, Kyrgios engaged in his standard kinds of antics — he spit within the course of a fan after one match; bought right into a contentious back-and-forth throughout a victory towards Stefanos Tsitsipas and a disagreement afterward — whereas additionally coping with a court docket case again residence in Australia. But he additionally performed fantastically, much better than might need been prompt by his then-ranking of No. 40 or his failure to have been to a significant quarterfinal in 7 1/2 years till these two weeks.
He took the opening set of the 2022 championship match towards Djokovic earlier than the person who not too long ago received his twenty third Grand Slam title prevailed 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Kyrgios sounded an optimistic tone Sunday afternoon.
“I’ve been hitting with some really good players this week and my body is feeling OK. I’m going to take it one day at a time. I’m not going to look forward and put unfair expectations on myself,” he stated. “I’m just going to try to do everything I can, prepare, go out there and play some good tennis.”
Turns out he will not get that likelihood this fortnight.
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