Australian Nick Kyrgios will return to Wimbledon, where he reached the final last year, coming out of a “harsh” injury and absence, adding, however, that he “didn’t miss the competition”. Kyrgios, 28, has only played one game in 2023, at Stuttgart last month, after undergoing knee surgery.
Last year, the Australian lost in the final against Novak Djokovic. This year, he will play his first round match on Monday against Belgian David Goffin. “I didn’t miss tennis, I almost dreaded coming back, but it’s my job,” he said in London on Sunday. “Last year I felt like everything fell into place for me. Wimbledon final. I hardly lost a match, but it was obvious that my body needed a rest,” he added.
A player with a volcanic temperament, Kyrgios was fined 10,000 dollars (9,160 euros) last year at Wimbledon for spitting on the court and another 4,000 dollars (3,660 euros) for uttering obscenities on the court. short.
He also admitted to being admitted to a psychiatric hospital a few years earlier when he was considering suicide during the Wimbledon tournament in 2019, in an episode of the series “Break Point”, broadcast on Netflix in June.
