Nick Kyrgios replace after lacking all 4 majors and dropping out of high 100

Nick Kyrgios has assured followers he nonetheless has the “fire” to compete on the highest degree in tennis following a tough 2023 season suffering from harm. The Australian pulled out of Wimbledon on the eve of the match, and he’ll miss the US Open, which begins subsequent week.

Kyrgios is famend for his on-court antics and outbursts and press conferences as a lot as he’s recognized for his sensational shot-making means. However, followers haven’t seen the 28-year-old in any skilled capability for a while as he has performed only one match in 9 months.

He was compelled to drag out of the Australian Open in January to bear a drainage process on his left knee and the French Open in May resulting from a foot harm. Meanwhile, a torn ligament stored him out of Wimbledon and can preserve him out of the US Open, guaranteeing he’ll miss all 4 Grand Slams this 12 months.

Kyrgios has performed simply as soon as in 2023; on the Stuttgart Open in April, he misplaced 7-5, 6-3 to China’s Wibing Yu earlier than he was compelled to withdraw from doubles as a result of recurring knee harm.

He has now dropped out of the ATP high 100, however regardless of the disappointing rating news, Kyrgios took to social media to replace his followers. Posting a picture to Instagram throughout a exercise, Kyrigos wrote: “To my millions of fans out there, I guess we just have to be patient.

“Trust me, I still have some fire left in the tank, my body just needs time to recover and get back. Everything off-court is doing great. l am eyeing to come back and have a season like my last again.”

Ultimately, it has been a tricky 12 months for the previous Wimbledon finalist, which is a disgrace given he loved a terrific 2022 season. Kyrgios had the very best run of type of his profession final summer season, profitable the Citi Open in each singles and doubles whereas additionally reaching his first Grand Slam ultimate on the All England Club earlier than falling in 4 units to Novak Djokovic

In 2022, he achieved a 79 % win fee together with a 37-10 win-loss document on the ATP circuit, with followers hoping and believing that he might turn out to be a daily Grand Slam contender.