Follow us on Google Discover Nick Kyrgios has provided a big update on the knee injury that has impacted him since 2022.
Kyrgios reached the Wimbledon final in 2022, but has faced many struggles since then which have prevented him from playing more than six singles matches in the past three years.
There have been numerous physical issues that have disrupted the Australian, with Kyrgios suffering a wrist injury, as well as knee and foot problems.
After Kyrgios recently hinted at retirement, he has now provided a big update on how he is feeling ahead of the 2026 season.
Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty ImagesNick Kyrgios explains the sudden improvement in his knee injury
Kyrgios has not competed since the Washington Open, where he played doubles with Gael Monfils, and it has been even longer since his last singles match in March.
The knee injury was the first major setback Kyrgios suffered, and he underwent surgery on it after withdrawing from the 2023 Australian Open.
When providing an update on his current situation, Kyrgios told the Australian Associated Press that he has noticed a sudden improvement in his knee.
“Honestly, this has been the first person I’ve told, I guess, to the media, but the last month for me has been, I don’t know what’s changed with my knee,” Kyrgios revealed.
“Like around that Washington period [in late July], I really didn’t have hope to be able to play AO [Australian Open] or just ever get back to that point of where I felt comfortable and competing and really letting my body go.
“But something in the last month, I don’t know what it is. I was with my masseuse and physio last night and something really has changed with my knee. Like it’s not swelling. It’s not feeling bad after a session.”
After hinting he could now compete at the Australian, Kyrgios is now looking ahead to four exhibitions he is going to play this year.
The most high-profile of those is the Battle of the Sexes match between Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka in Dubai, which he has suggested could be a real indicator of his plans for the upcoming year.
“Then if I get through all of that, I’m ready to go,” added Kyrgios. “I don’t know whether to call it a miracle or anything, but my knee feels like it’s gotten younger by a couple of years.”
How could this change Nick Kyrgios’ plans for the 2026 season?
Kyrgios does not just appear to be eyeing up a return to the Australian Open, and could also compete at some ATP Tour events next year as well.
Earlier this year, Kyrgios partnered Novak Djokovic at the Brisbane International, and he has hinted that he could return to the ATP 250 event in both singles and doubles.
“Look, it’s all very raw at the moment, but I literally told my agents yesterday there’s a chance that I would love to play Brisbane again in singles [too],” said Kyrgios.
He added, “There’s no f***ing like, ‘Oh, I’m gonna win this tournament’. Because after the last couple of months, I lost complete hope. I thought my tennis career was literally coming to doubles, whatever, but I thought that that chapter was closing, where now I’m just optimistic again.”
Before he can even think about the 2026 season, Kyrgios will play exhibition matches against Ben Shelton in Atlanta, Tommy Paul at Madison Square Garden, a World Team Tennis event in India, before he caps it off with the Battle of the Sexes match against Sabalenka in Dubai.