Nick Kyrgios, close to the comeback in early 2025, has once again shared some sharp words (to put it mildly) in his crusade against Jannik Sinner and the doping issue concerning the young Italian. The Australian - long out due to a series of injuries - has had the ATP No.1 in his sights since August, since the Clostebol affair became public knowledge.
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Kyrgios posted a short video that sees the sup masseur and his fitness trainer massaging his wrist. In the video we can hear Nick sarcastically saying: "No contamination, just a normal cream used on a operated wrist. From an experienced physiotherapist who I am responsible for. Happy to be back and not cheating the system."
Obviously a clear reference to the ways in which Jannik's Clostebol contamination occurred at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. The Australian - and several other tennis players - do not accuse the Italian of doping, but rather of being responsible for the actions of his trainer and, consequently, of the serious error in which he was the protagonist, with the Clostebol contamination. This is more or less the thesis also affirmed by WADA, which obviously does not accuse Sinner of doping in the strict sense, but of this serious error of negligence.
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Perhaps, in 2025, Kyrgios and Sinner could meet face to face right in Australia and resolve the conflict perpetuated by Nick on the tennis court.
More than two years have passed since Kyrgios reached the final at Wimbledon. Since then, the Australian has had to deal with many physical problems and has not found consistency. Suffice it to say that between 2023 and 2024 he played only one tournament on the grass in Stuttgart, last season, suffering a tough defeat against Yibing Wu and leaving the court in less than optimal physical conditions. Between his new job as a commentator and the numerous posts against Sinner, the Australian has never abandoned the desire to try to score some of his tennis goals. The 29-year-old from Canberra has announced that he will play the World Tennis League exhibition event in Abu Dhabi in December to prepare for his comeback, scheduled for the 2025 Australian Swing.
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"I'm coming back because I have something that makes me want to. I've beaten everyone, I've played a Grand Slam final, I've won a lot of titles and made a lot of money. Now everything is open, I can win a Grand Slam. I want to shut everyone up by winning a Grand Slam. I'm not a bad guy. I've been labelled that because I'm different from normal tennis players. I don't think the Australian public thinks that way, even though they thought I was a murderer at the beginning of my career," Nick told News Corp's Code Sports podcast.
Nick also talked about his wrist problems with SXSW. He said how the surgeon told him that he would never be able to play tennis again. He told the surgeon to give him at least 2 or 3 more years of his career, and, as the Australian himself pointed out, everything seems to be going well, confirming that he will play the Australian Open in 2025.
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During his career Kyrgios has achieved excellent results, he won the men's doubles title at the Australian Open and in the singles he played the final of Wimbledon. His goal before retiring is to play tennis and win a Grand Slam title. Nick has come close to retiring but now everything seems ready to return to the court and remind everyone of his talent, with one last big dream, his priority for the rest of his career.
In an interview with 9News, Kyrgios said he feels pumped and excited to hit the court in Australia in a couple of months.
"This is probably the best feeling I've had in the last couple of years, to be honest," Kyrgios said. "I had an incredible year in 2022. Then, in the Wimbledon final and the US Open, I started to feel some issues with my wrist. I had a wrist reconstruction and now I feel great. There was a miraculous 15% chance of me playing at this level again, and here we are.
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To be back in front of my fans is going to be amazing. In my eyes, I've already won. Now everything I do on the tennis court, whether it's winning a match or a tournament or something like that, is going to be a bonus. Physically, it's been brutal. Mentally, I didn't want to give up. I've always wanted to stop playing tennis by choice, and I wasn't going to let this injury make me decide whether I wanted to play again," he explained.
In the meantime today Sinner will play in the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, in a not very simple challenge against Argentina. The Italian was one of those who honored Rafael Nadal, who played the last match of his legendary career right in Malaga.
"Rafa. What can I say? Thank you for everything you've done and everything you've given us in your incredible career. Thank you and your family and your team and best wishes again. Ciao ciao," wote the Italian via an Instagram story.
