{"id":265722,"date":"2025-11-06T04:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/265722\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T04:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:07:13","slug":"nick-kyrgios-reveals-plans-for-miracle-comeback-at-2026-australian-open-after-knee-wrist-injuries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/265722\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios reveals plans for \u2018miracle\u2019 comeback at 2026 Australian Open after knee, wrist injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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But it sadly all ended predictably, with Kyrgios revealing an abdominal strain only days out from the 2025 Australian Open<\/a>. He then struggled through a straight-sets loss to Brit Jacob Fearnley<\/a>, after which he declared: \u201cRealistically, I can\u2019t really see myself, probably, playing singles here again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyrgios appeared only three times since, and most recently in March \u2013 for two losses, including a mid-match retirement<\/a>. He started this year with a four-digit ranking, and currently resides at No.652.<\/p>\n

Understandably, Kyrgios told AAP that even if he is on court competitively in January that his expectations would be in check. That is the best way for everyone to treat this situation.<\/p>\n

Forget getting angry or frustrated about Kyrgios not having a coach or matching the endlessly impressive Alex de Minaur\u2019s dedication or work ethic \u2013 and don\u2019t expect Kyrgios to beat anyone, let alone a star.<\/p>\n

With that approach, you won\u2019t be disappointed with whatever happens, and can just enjoy the show, from underarm serves to \u2019tweeners and outlandish winners.<\/p>\n

Kyrgios sightings, beyond relentless social media posts, are incredibly rare these days, so take a look while you still can.<\/p>\n

\u2018Very raw\u2019: Kyrgios reveals \u2018miracle\u2019 Australian Open comeback hopes<\/p>\n

AAP<\/p>\n

From the depths of despair, Nick Kyrgios is feeling buoyant again and eyeing a shock Australian Open comeback.<\/p>\n

In his first interview since announcing a \u201cbattle of the sexes\u201d showdown with Aryna Sabalenka next month, Kyrgios conceded he was feeling the pressure to beat the women\u2019s world No.1.<\/p>\n

More tellingly, the mercurial former Wimbledon finalist also revealed he\u2019d made a \u201cmiracle\u201d recovery from a career-threatening knee injury<\/a> and was hoping to be fit for the Melbourne Park major in January.<\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

Nick Kyrgios says he could return for the Australian Open for injury.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, this has been the first person I\u2019ve told, I guess, to the media, but the last month for me has been, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s changed with my knee,\u201d Kyrgios said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike around that Washington period [in late July], I really didn\u2019t have hope to be able to play AO or just ever get back to that point of where I felt comfortable and competing and really letting my body go.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut something in the last month, I don\u2019t know what it is. I was with my masseuse and physio last night and something really has changed with my knee.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike it\u2019s not swelling. It\u2019s not feeling bad after a session.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka.Credit: Getty<\/p>\n

Restricted to just six matches in the past three years following four rounds of knee and wrist surgery<\/a>, Kyrgios is ranked No.652 in the world having spiralled outside the top 1000 at one point.<\/p>\n

But the one-time world No.13 will play a series of exhibition matches next month against Ben Shelton in Atlanta, Tommy Paul at Madison Square Garden, the World Team Tennis in India and Sabalenka in Dubai on December 28 to gauge his fitness.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThen if I get through all of that, I\u2019m ready to go,\u201d the tennis showman said at the announcement of his partnership with the Zeus Greek Street restaurant chain.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know whether to call it a miracle or anything, but my knee feels like it\u2019s gotten younger by a couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyrgios has no idea why his knee has suddenly come good, but says he is finally free in his movement again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like something was almost like stuck or something was just a bit odd and then now, especially the last week-and-a-half or two weeks, I\u2019m back moving and sliding the way I was moving in 2022,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo something in my knee is just, you know I don\u2019t want to jinx it, but something in it has gone, kind of allowed me to put three, four days of training together on court for an hour-and-a-half, two hours and be able to actually recover and then build on that.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s been really exciting and I haven\u2019t really told anyone. I have a new lease on life on court.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A dejected Nick Kyrgios had to retire with a wrist injury at Indian Wells this year.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m in a really good space at the moment and, physically, I\u2019ve been putting in the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old would require a wildcard from Tennis Australia to gain entry to his home grand slam, but that would seem a given.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, it\u2019s all very raw at the moment, but I literally told my agents yesterday there\u2019s a chance that I would love to play Brisbane again in singles [too],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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If he does return, Kyrgios will do so with modest expectations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no f—ing like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m gonna win this tournament\u2019. Because after the last couple of months, I lost complete hope,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought my tennis career was literally coming to doubles<\/a>, whatever, but I thought that that chapter was closing, where now I\u2019m just optimistic again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also reporting that his serving \u201cwrist is amazing now\u201d too, Kyrgios said it was too early to say if he would ever go deep at another grand slam.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I\u2019m optimistic with the way the way I\u2019m feeling,\u201d he said. \u201cI genuinely feel like I could at least give myself the chance to get there because of the training.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the issue. I wasn\u2019t even able to train and build and even stack days together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like knee swelling, ice, rest, let\u2019s get back on court, let\u2019s do the basics. Where now it\u2019s like, \u2018OK, I can work on my forehand, I can work on match play, I can work on my returns\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m actually working on my game rather than my body. I\u2019m training how I was in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loading But it sadly all ended predictably, with Kyrgios revealing an abdominal strain only days out from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-265722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}