‘knee Cooked’: Nick Kyrgios Limps Along Road To Recovery Ahead Of Grand Slam Return

Nick Kyrgios has travel done his first lucifer since March, and conscionable his sixth this year, completing almost an hr connected tribunal successful a men’s doubles conclusion astatine nan ATP Tour’s DC Open.

Partnering French seasoned Gael Monfils, and playing successful beforehand of NBA prima Kevin Durant, Kyrgios had a reliable opening tie against 3rd seeds Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Hugo Nys.

Monfils was surgery successful nan opening crippled and while Kyrgios held his first work lucifer some players were past surgery to suffer nan first group 6-2.

The 2nd was overmuch nan same. Monfils being surgery early and Kyrgios precocious arsenic they dropped it 6-2 again.

Kyrgios grabbed astatine his knee passim nan lucifer and was seen limping towards nan extremity arsenic he continued his mentation for a expansive slam return astatine nan US Open.

“Knee cooked but fans still fucked pinch us,” he later posted connected Instagram.

Nonetheless, conscionable being connected tribunal was thing of an accomplishment for nan 30-year-old Australian who has been dogged by injury since reaching nan Wimbledon last successful 2022.

Kyrgios past played doubles astatine nan Australian Open successful January, retiring successful nan 2nd group of his opening match pinch himself and Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-5 3-2 down to chap Aussies James Duckworth and Aleksandar Vukic.

The erstwhile world No 13 subsequently played 3 singles matches, retiring erstwhile 7-6 (8-6) 3-0 down successful nan first information astatine Indian Wells successful March. The wrist he had an cognition connected successful September 2023 was still an issue.

However, he reached nan 2nd information astatine nan Miami Open later successful nan month, beating McKenzie McDonald for his first singles triumph since 2022. In nan 2nd information he mislaid to Karen Khachanov and this outing successful nan US superior was his first lucifer since, arsenic injuries continued to beryllium an an issue.

Kyrgios has a existent ATP ranking of 640, but has activated his protected ranking of 21 to beryllium included connected nan charismatic introduction database for nan US Open.

The Australian will attraction connected doubles astatine nan last expansive slam tourney of nan twelvemonth successful New York arsenic he continues to suffer from long-running wounded concerns.

“I wanted to play singles, but six weeks agone I had a spot of a niggle pinch my knee,” Kyrgios said. “So it’s conscionable going to return a spot much time.”

Earlier connected Monday successful a sweltering Washington, Chris O’Connell went down 6-3 6-2 to American Ethan Quinn, classed 5 places little astatine world No 82, while later, Vukic takes connected big-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin are besides successful nan ATP 500 arena but person received first-round byes.