Nick Kyrgios’s Australian Open title dream is over before it even began after the big home hope was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury.
Kyrgios’s long-time physio Will Maher says the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up has a cyst growing on his meniscus.
While it’s not a career-threatening injury, Kyrgios is not sufficiently fit to contest his home grand slam.
“I’m obviously extremely disappointed,” Kyrgios said.
“Going in as one of the favourites, it’s brutal.”
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios during his quarterfinal match against Russia’s Karen Khachanov at the U.S. Open tennis match in New York on Sept. 6, 2022. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
He had been due to play Russian Roman Safiullan in the first round on Tuesday night….