{"id":414178,"date":"2026-01-15T08:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414178\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:04:08","slug":"thanasi-kokkinakis-pulls-out-of-australian-open-singles-hopeful-special-ks-can-still-play-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414178\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanasi Kokkinakis pulls out of Australian Open singles, hopeful Special Ks can still play doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Thanasi Kokkinakis has withdrawn from the Australian Open singles due to his shoulder injury, but remains hopeful of playing in the men&#8217;s doubles alongside Nick Kyrgios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Kokkinakis was <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-01-14\/thanasi-kokkinakis-withdraws-from-adelaide-international\/106228146\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106228146\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">forced out of the Adelaide International this week<\/a> after a shoulder complaint flared during his first-round win over American Sebastian Korda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The match was the 29-year-old South Australian&#8217;s highly anticipated return to singles action after nearly 12 months away following pectoral surgery last February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The radical surgery involved having an Achilles tendon surgically knotted between his right pectoral muscle and shoulder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Kokkinakis said the latest setback was unrelated to that injury but on medical advice he pulled out of the Open singles, which gets underway on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He had a protected ranking to enter the singles at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Unfortunately after speaking with my team and doctors, I have made the decision to pull out of the Australian Open singles,&#8221; he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;After an incredibly tough year, this was the event I was looking forward to the most, but I&#8217;m not ready yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;I&#8217;m doing everything I can to be back to 100 per cent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We will still try and step out for the doubles and have some fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Kyrgios earlier also ruled himself out of singles while on the comeback trail after multiple injuries restricted the 30-year-old to just seven singles tour matches over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">AAP<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radio\/programs\/abc-sport-daily\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC Sport Daily podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. 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