Nick Kyrgios will team up with Novak Djokovic at the Brisbane International after crediting the former world No.1 for motivating his return from serious injury.
Once bitter rivals but now firm friends, Kyrgios and Djokovic plan to play doubles at the Queensland tournament, which gets under way on December 29.
The Australian posted the announcement on Instagram, using a photo of himself and Djokovic walking on to court ahead for their 2022 Wimbledon final which he lost in four sets, writing “Doubles at Brisbane. See y’all there”. “You’ve got to promise me something ... recover quick, come back to the tour before I retire and we’ve got to play doubles,” Djokovic said to the Canberra ace.Kyrgios has managed just one ATP match since the 2022 US Open quarter-finals due to career-threatening wrist and knee injuries, which required three rounds of surgery.
“I was hitting with Novak and when he said to me, ‘it doesn’t look like you’ve had surgery’, and that was a big motivation to say like maybe I’m actually making some inroads and some progress into getting back because I didn’t really know,” the one-time world No.13 said.
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