Scratch Kyrgios pulls out from 2024 Australian Open because of injury
Scratch Kyrgios pulls out from 2024 Australian Open because of injury
Dec 8, 2023, 08:37 PM ET
Tennis player Scratch Kyrgios will miss a second successive Australian Open through physical issue and has not affirmed a course of events for his return from a waiting wrist issue.
The 2022 Wimbledon finalist wasn't recorded in the fundamental draw passage list delivered on Thursday and had consistently seemed far-fetched to contend in his home hammer, saying last month
Kyrgios, 28, formally affirmed his nonappearance on Saturday, without putting a timetable on his return.
"Clearly had a truly extreme year with injury, had that knee medical procedure and returned a tad too early and put me in a difficult spot somewhat, then, at that point, clearly had some wrist issues," Kyrgios said on the membership site OnlyFans.
"So this is an exceptionally disheartening time for me, yet I will not have the option to contend at the 2024 Australian Open.
"Clearly unfortunate. I've had such countless astounding recollections there and I simply need to truly return to playing in my prime and getting everything done as well as possible and I really want somewhat more time.
He is so close to winning a grand slam -- I want to make sure that my body is going to have the time it needs to come back, so please bear with me."
The shortfall of previous world No.13 Kyrgios is a weighty disaster for AO coordinators, given his ubiquity with fans and engaging style of play.
It likewise scuppers any expectations of reviving his duplicates association with Thanasi Kokkinakis, which conveyed the 2022 men's pairs title at Melbourne Park.
Kyrgios pulled out from the 2023 Open just before the competition with a knee injury prior to going through arthroscopic a medical procedure to his left side knee.
He didn't return until mid-year however tore a tendon in his right wrist in June, provoking his withdrawal from Wimbledon, and hasn't played since.
The planning of his wounds have been lamentable after his splendid 2022 where he additionally arrived at the quarterfinals of the US Open, alongside his brilliant Wimbledon run.
At the point when he returns, Kyrgios can utilize his safeguarded positioning of 21 until Walk 2024, nine months after his solitary match in 2023, in Stuttgart in June.
He would likewise be a logical competitor for special case billets at the majors.
Kyrgios demonstrated he would be engaged with analysis at Melbourne Park while sidelined from playing.
World No.12 Alex de Minaur will lead the Australian men's charge at Melbourne Park.
Alexei Popyrin, Max Purcell, Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Kokkinakis, Christoper O'Connell and Rinky Hijikata are additionally in the principal draw
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