Nick Kyrgios is trying to get back to his best tennis after years of bad luck with injuries.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old wants to play at the Australian Open but will need a helping hand from organisers to achieve that.<\/p>\n
Will we see the controversial star put on a show or will injuries once again stunt his progress?<\/p>\n
The Sporting News has all the latest regarding Kyrgios’ Australian summer of tennis.<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0\u2018Entire match based on delusion\u2019: Tennis world reacts to Kyrgios-Sabalenka Battle of the Sexes<\/p>\n
Nick Kyrgios at Australian Open 2026<\/p>\n
The only way Kyrgios will play at Australian Open 2026 is if he receives a wildcard into the main draw.<\/p>\n
Currently, he is yet to receive one, but it is likely Australian Open organisers will grant him one due to his ability to create publicity.<\/p>\n
It is likely he will be granted one if his body holds up through the Brisbane International, which commences January 4.<\/p>\n
Nick Kyrgios next match: Brisbane International awaits<\/p>\n
After defeating Aryna Sabalenka in Battle of the Sexes, Kyrgios has been given a wildcard into the Brisbane International – where he will play in the main draw on January 4.<\/p>\n
His opponent will likely be finalised the day before.<\/p>\n
In Brisbane International 2025, Kyrgios lost in three sets to rising French talent Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-7 7-6 6-7\/<\/p>\n
After Brisbane, Kyrgios has committed to playing in the Kooyong Classic prior to the Australian Open.<\/p>\n
Nick Kyrgios’ ATP ranking<\/p>\n
After being injured much of the last three years, Kyrgios’ ranking has plummeted to 671 in the world.<\/p>\n
He has a career-high ranking of 13 achieved in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios is trying to get back to his best tennis after years of bad luck with injuries.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-378541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}