{"id":866359,"date":"2026-08-24T05:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/866359\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T05:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:56:11","slug":"nick-kyrgios-out-of-kooyong-classic-stars-confirmed-in-his-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/866359\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios out of Kooyong Classic, stars confirmed in his place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Kyrgios is a confirmed withdrawal from the Kooyong Classic 2027 &#8211; the event he would likely have used as preparation for the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old was announced as a participant at Kooyong on August 4, <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/tennis\/news\/nick-kyrgios-suspended-fails-drug-test-cocaine-mallorca\/3f8115f4c90406c174890c9b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">but his recent provisional suspension after testing positive for cocaine<\/a> has thrown his tennis future in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios&#8217; length of suspension will be determined by whether the International Tennis Integrity Agency finds whether the substance was then in or out of competition.<\/p>\n<p>Kooyong Classic organisers released a statement confirming Kyrgios&#8217; withdrawal, while revealing men&#8217;s stars Arthur Fils and Learner Tien would be joining Paula Badosa as competing in the event, which is scheduled January 12-14 at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/tennis\/news\/curious-case-nick-kyrgios-unfulfilled-promise-sad-crash-landing\/5b3b9dcbf406893bff2bf710\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The curious case of Nick Kyrgios: Unfulfilled promise and a sad crash landing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>World no.11 Fils won his first Masters 1000 title earlier today, defeating Frances Tiafoe in 6-2 1-6 6-0 in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>Twelth-ranked Tien was a Australian Open quarter-finalist earlier this year and was a semi-finalist at the Montreal Masters earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur and Learner are two of the most exciting young players in world tennis, and what they have already achieved this season speaks for itself,\u201d tournament director Peter Johnston said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur is one of the hottest players on tour and has enjoyed an impressive 2026 season, and we loved having Learner at Kooyong earlier this year, seeing first-hand the quality of tennis he brings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/tennis\/news\/nick-kyrgios-suspended-fails-drug-test-cocaine-mallorca\/3f8115f4c90406c174890c9b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nick Kyrgios suspended after failed drug test: \u2018Harder than I ever imagined\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo welcome Learner back alongside Arthur gives us two fantastic additions to the 2027 men\u2019s field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKooyong has always been a place where fans can see the world\u2019s best players up close just before the Australian Open, and we\u2019re looking forward to announcing more players in the months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios is a confirmed withdrawal from the Kooyong Classic 2027 &#8211; the event he would likely have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-866359","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\/866359","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=866359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}