Nick Kyrgios' career has been full of ups and downs, and well probably never see this player consistently reach his full potential. The Australian has been away from the professional tour for the past two years, playing very few matches due to a long series of injuries. When he was 100% fit, Nick proved that he could defeat all opponents, including legends like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. 2022 seemed to be the year of the ultimate quality leap for the talent from Canberra, who had reached the final at the Wimbledon Championships showing a consistency more unique than rare for a player with his style of play.
Kyrgios had defeated Daniil Medvedev at the following US Open and dreamed of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals, but that changed in a matter of months. The 2022 Wimbledon finalist is almost a former player today and few think he will be competitive again in the future.
Nick may be remembered as one of the most unsung talents in modern tennis history, with not always exemplary behavior on and off the court. In recent weeks, Kyrgios has been the focus of attention for his hard-hitting attack on world number one Jannik Sinner due to the doping case that affected him.
Thelast chance
Despite the numerous injuries and long period of inactivity, the Australian player seems to be willing to give himself a last dance and try to win a Grand Slam title.Kyrgios has been out of work for a long time due to an injury. He has had surgery, he has been standing still for months and even today the fans are waiting to know the date of his return.
Genius and indiscipline, Nick is a tennis player who often highlights ups and downs and has caused much discussion throughout his career. A talent that could fight for the top places and has rarely been at the top. The wrist problems continued and the 29 year old had difficulties, he spoke about it again at SXSW in Sydney, here are his words specifically: "The surgeon said I would never be able to play tennis again. I told the surgeon to give me at least 2 or 3 more years of my career, everything seems to be fine and I will play the Australian Open in 2025".
Kyrgios has achieved excellent results throughout his career, winning the mens doubles title at the Australian Open and playing in the singles final at Wimbledon. Now Nick doesnt want to stop anymore and his goal before retiring is to play tennis and win a Grand Slam title.
The feud with Sinner
In recent months, Nick has been on the social scene for a kind of war against world number one Jannik Sinner. After the Clostebol case Kyrgios began a kind of controversy with the blue tennis player, often going beyond what fans expected. Surely this attitude has brought new polemics and social hatred towards him and the Nick tennis player is almost forgotten. He has nearly retired but now the Australian wants to return to the court and remind everyone of his talent, with one last great dream, his priority for the rest of his career.
Many fans hope that Kyrgios and Sinner will play on the tennis court in the future. The two players only faced each other once on the ATP tour, specifically in the Miami Masters 1000 in 2022, when the Italian ace prevailed in two sets. While Jannik has made a huge leap in quality over the past 12 months, Nick has pretty much stopped being an active player. The Australian ace has always divided public opinion with his statements, never trivial and almost always controversial.
In a recent interview with CLAY, ATP ace Zizou Bergs who is playing really well this year admitted to liking Kyrgios style: "I barely know him, but I have to say I do really like him. On court he's doing things a little bit differently. To say "lame" is a little bit less nice from him. He can criticize a lot, but when he gets criticized, he never takes it well. I'm not surprised that he's saying this.
I don't really have an idol. But players like Nick Kyrgios, Benoit Paire, they are completely different guys, and I am also different from them, but it's cool to watch. Afterwards, there is especially David Goffin. And Shark (Steve Darcis) who inspired me a lot before too. But I try to focus on myself, and not on others. I am a player who is starting out, with confidence in my weapons.
