Nick Kyrgios says he won’t participate within the Australian Open in January due to ongoing damage issues.
The 28-year-old Australian missed all 4 majors in 2023 due to wrist, knee and foot accidents.
He has performed only one match on the ATP Tour this 12 months – shedding to China’s Wu Yibing in Stuttgart in June.
“I need to be certain my physique goes to have the time it wants to come back again,” Kyrgios, runner-up at Wimbledon in 2022, stated on his OnlyFans web page.
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley stated Kyrgios would attend “in some kind”, with Kyrgios saying he would “nonetheless be round, commentating matches”.
Kyrgios stated final month “the celebs would want to align” for him to be match for the primary main of the 12 months.
The Australian Open takes place from 14-28 January in Melbourne.
“It is a very disappointing time for me, however I will not be capable of compete on the 2024 Australian Open,” Kyrgios stated.
“Clearly, heartbreaking. I’ve had so many wonderful recollections there, and I simply need to actually get again to taking part in on the prime of my sport and doing it proper, and I want somewhat extra time.”
Kyrgios loved his finest run within the males’s singles on the Australian Open in 2015, when he reached the quarter-finals, and gained the lads’s doubles title with good pal Thanasi Kokkinakis in 2022.
He additionally reached the Wimbledon ultimate that 12 months, shedding to Novak Djokovic, and reached the final eight on the US Open.
Nevertheless, he struggled for health in 2023, first withdrawing from the Australian Open with a knee damage earlier than present process surgical procedure on the difficulty.
He then missed the French Open due to a foot damage and Wimbledon with a wrist ligament downside, which additionally pressured him out of the US Open.
“The replace is day-by-day with him,” Australian Open boss Tiley stated.
“He’ll be finest to evaluate that, we’ll have Nick right here in some kind or one other in January.”