{"id":318372,"date":"2023-12-09T11:26:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T11:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=318372"},"modified":"2023-12-09T11:26:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T11:26:29","slug":"kyrgios-pulls-out-of-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/sport\/kyrgios-pulls-out-of-australian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgios pulls out of Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
‘I was 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.’<\/strong><\/p>\n Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from next month’s Australian Open for a second successive year due to ongoing injuries that kept him out of action for much of the 2023 season, the Australian announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n Kyrgios pulled out of the Melbourne major this year and had surgery on his left knee. He was defeated in his comeback match following a five-month layoff, falling to China’s Wu Yibing in the Stuttgart Open first round in June.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old then missed the French Open due to a foot injury suffered during the theft of his car, and he pulled out of Wimbledon with a wrist ligament problem that also forced him out of the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n “This is a very disappointing time for me, but I won’t be able to compete at the 2024 Australian Open,” Kyrgios said on the online platform OnlyFans, which he joined on Friday.<\/p>\n “Obviously, heartbreaking. I’ve had so many amazing memories there, and I just want to really get back to playing at the top of my game and doing it right, and I need a little more time.<\/p>\n “I was 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.”<\/p>\n Kyrgios’s injury woes began after a stellar 2022 campaign in which he reached the Wimbledon final, won the Washington title and made the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n He was a notable absentee from the Jan. 14-28 Australian Open’s main draw released on Thursday in a blow to organisers, but is expected to be at the Grand Slam for TV commentary.<\/p>\n