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Nick Kyrgios has officially announced when he will return to the court after a two-year absence and revealed that he only wants to spend a very short time in the game before moving on with his life.
Injuries have kept the former Wimbledon finalist sidelined for an extended period, leading many to wonder if he would ever return to the court.
Now, the 29-year-old has officially announced that he will return for the World Tennis League event in Abu Dhabi from December 19-22.
That will give him enough time to prepare for another assault on the Australian Open, where he previously held the doubles title alongside fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis.
Kyrgios has been working as a commentator during his enforced hiatus from the sport and has previously spoken about his desire to retire early.
But he returns with a vengeance, issuing a call for videographers to document his return and revealing that he has something to prove.
“I come back because something keeps me in the game,” he said. news corporation.
“I’ve beaten almost everyone who came before me, I’ve reached a Grand Slam final, I’ve won a Grand Slam doubles title, I’ve won multiple titles and I’ve made money.
“But I think the only thing I’m aiming for now is a Grand Slam. I think that’s the only thing that will shut people up at the end of the day.
“That will be my deep motivation.”
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios is turning his return to the sport into a full-scale production, having a video crew film him as he prepares to return to the court.
Kyrgios has overcome a series of injuries and is back training intensely as he prepares for his return in December.
Many thought Kyrgios might retire after he took on a variety of commentary jobs during his two-year hiatus from tennis due to injury.
Kyrgios has earned a reputation as a troublemaker for his flammable nature on the court, including being fined $166,714 by the ATP for a vulgar, expletive-filled rager at the Cincinnati Masters and even dragging Hollywood star Ben Stiller to a discussion with an interlocutor.
But the Australian insists that they have not understood it correctly.
“I guess I was labeled that just because I was a little outside the circle of what a normal tennis player is,” he said.
“I don’t think I have that perception among the Australian public anymore. But at the beginning of my career, people thought I was like a murderer.’
Kyrgios couldn’t resist landing another blow on his former sparring partner Bernard Tomic.
With his return assured, Kyrgios was also asked about his eventual retirement and his response was very different to the previous times when he hinted that he would hang up his racket early.
“I’m far from done, to be honest,” he said.
‘I’m in the last stages of my career but I still have one or two years left… I feel very good.
‘I’m hitting for about three hours every day now. My wrist from surgery has completely healed and I feel motivated.”
While Kyrgios is on track to make a comeback, fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic fell to a new low this week, and Kyrgios let him know all about it.
Tomic has been working on the Challengers tour for years in a bid to return to the ATP Tour and reached a final on the best run he has had since 2018.
The Australian was then destroyed in record time by American Learner Tien, falling 6-0, 6-1 in just 39 minutes, the shortest ATP final ever recorded.
Kyrgios posted that score on his Twitter account with a laughing emoji in another jab at Tomic. The two tennis stars have been at war since Australia’s infamous first-round elimination from the Davis Cup in 2016.
The post Kyrgios shared also included Tomic’s record-breaking loss at the ATP Masters from a decade ago, where he set the record for the shortest match with a 29-minute loss.
