Nick Kyrgios's Australian Open aspirations are in doubt after his wrist injury flared up during his first-round loss at the Brisbane International.
Nick Kyrgios faced a brutal reality check following his Brisbane International loss with his wrist injury flaring up and placing uncertainty on his Australian Open aspirations.Fresh from his return to the court, Kyrgios could be in doubt for the Australian Open after his wrist flared up following his loss at the Brisbane International. Kyrgios was bested by Frenchmen Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard with all three sets going to tie-breakers on Tuesday.
On Wednesday the Aussie braved it out alongside Djokovic in doubles with the pair going down to No.1 seeds Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus in a thrilling super tiebreak. Fresh from his return to the court Nick Kyrgios could be in doubt for the Australian Open. Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images. In the post-match press conference after Tuesday's loss, the Aussie admitted his wrist injury flared up, casting doubt over his certainty to play at the Australian Open.'Not one tennis player has ever had this surgery and come back and tried to play again,” he said. 'It's all really an experimental (process) … no real protocol of how it's going to be or how it's going to pull up.'It's very sore at the moment. We were expecting that. I'm going to do all the right things, and I'll be playing doubles, for sure.'Kyrgios was left shrugging his shoulders after his 7-6 (7-2) 6-7 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) loss to rising star Perricard as his comeback party crashed in the first round in Brisbane. Playing only his second tour-level singles match in two-and-a-half years following a troublesome wrist injury, he was put to the test after partnering with Novak Djokovic in a Monday night doubles win. Kyrgios said it is going to be a tough few days as his hopes of winning a grand slam at the Australian Open slowly fad
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