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Kyrgios units sights on Aussie Open
29-year-old eyes return to Melbourne in 2025
October 19, 2024
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Nick Kyrgios is ready to compete on the Australian Open 2025.
By ATP Workers
Nick Kyrgios is gearing as much as make a comeback on dwelling soil.
Talking on a panel at SXSW (South By Southwest) in Sydney on Thursday, the Aussie confirmed his participation on the 2025 Australian Open.
“I can be enjoying the Australian Open this summer time,” he stated. “I simply miss being on the market enjoying in entrance of a house crowd. We’ve received such a crowd of men in the mean time like Alex de Minaur enjoying superb tennis.”
Battling knee and wrist accidents for the previous 16 months, Kyrgios has been out of motion for nearly two seasons. Final yr, he performed a single tour-level match on the BOSS OPEN in Stuttgart and misplaced to Wu Yibing.
“The damage I had was brutal … The surgeon stated I most likely wouldn’t be capable of play once more,” Kyrgios shared. “However I stated no matter, simply try to get me one other two to a few years of my profession … It’s been a brutal final couple of years, however simply being on the market to play in entrance of a house crowd … I simply need to be on the market, lighting up the group and enjoying in entrance of my very own nation.
“Whether or not it’s good or unhealthy, it’ll actually be quite a lot of enjoyable, for certain. I’m wanting ahead to it … My solely motivation to come back again and play is to try to win a grand slam, and I’ll give it yet one more shot.”
Australian Open event director Craig Tiley seems ahead to having the house favourite again at Melbourne Park.
“We like to have Nick coming again enjoying in 2025 … He’s again on the market working towards,” Tiley stated. “He’s absolutely anticipating to play, and we anticipate to see Nick enjoying… We’ll guarantee Nick’s on the market enjoying in the principle draw.
“His preparation, we all know he’s doing greater than he’s completed earlier than, we all know that he desires to do it, we all know that he’s mentally getting ready to get able to play in January. He’s received to be bodily wholesome to do this.”
– with help from Tennis Australia.
