Nick Kyrgios makes comeback revelation as he admits it’s been ‘one of the hardest years’

Nick Kyrgios has confirmed he will be back on the tennis court next week as the Australian looks to kickstart his return to tour after ongoing injury trouble.

The Australian was in career-best form back in 2022, reaching the final of Wimbledon and the last eight of the US Open, but played just one match in an injury-stricken 2023 season.

The 28-year-old has been affected by a range of foot, knee, and wrist ligament injuries over the past 18 months, and Kyrgios admitted that the mental strain of being away from court had taken it’s toll, though revealed that he is about to take the first big step of his comeback.

Speaking to The AO Show podcast, he said: “It’s arguably been one of the hardest years of my life tennis wise

“Everything else has been amazing, I can’t complain about anything else. But tennis wise, I’ve had some really hard conversations with myself.”

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“Like why am I doing all this? Like I don’t have to do it, but I’m doing it for some reason, so I know there’s still fire in the belly, which is good.

“I’m hitting for the first time next week, so as soon as I get back out on court, I guess it’s just going to be starting up, getting that load back through my wrist and my body.

“But look, I definitely will be coming back. It’s just hard to put an exact date on it because the injury was quite severe.”

While controversy has undeniably courted him throughout his career, the Australian has pulled together an impressive CV.

As well as his run to the Wimbledon final two years ago, he is an Australian Open doubles champion and reached a singles career high of 13th on the ATP Rankings, winning 11 ATP titles across singles and doubles.

And he is taking a realistic approach to his return, admitting that he will not be setting himself sky-high expectations – with a focus on feeling positive out on court.

He added: “I’m getting to the point of my career where I know that I’ve had a lot of success and many athletes don’t even have a quarter the success of that, so it’s selfish for me to come back and demand to be making Wimbledon finals again.

“I’m going to take my time, come back and just enjoy being back out there.”