Nick Kyrgios almost retired from tennis due to a serious wrist injury.
For the past year and a half, he’s been battling health issues, first with his knee and then with his wrist. The wrist injury was so severe that he couldn’t even open doors or jars.
Since the beginning of 2023, Kyrgios has only played one match. He lost in straight sets to Yibing Wu in Stuttgart . Afterward, he turned his attention to podcasting and commentary.
New Ventures:
Kyrgios launched “Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios,” a podcast where he talks to people who succeed by doing things their own way. He also worked as a tennis analyst for Tennis Channel and Eurosport at major events like the ATP Finals and Australian Open.
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As he gears up for his return on North American hard courts, likely in late July, fans might think it’s amazing how he’s bounced back after many doubted him.
“This has been a really challenging time – the hardest of my career. People aren’t expecting me to come back, especially after an injury like this, so I would love to do that and play again.”
Despite what others say about him not caring about his career, Kyrgios is eager to play again. The journey has been tough but surreal now that he’s hitting balls again.
“The process has honestly been brutal. The surgery was almost 10 months ago and it’s not a very common injury, so we are experimenting how much we can push it. No-one has really come back from an injury like this before. To now be back on court is pretty surreal.”
His wrist issue involved scapholunate ligament damage—a rare condition in tennis players—according to Dr. Michael Sandow. Even Sandow was surprised by the recovery results after performing surgery on Kyrgios’ wrist.
“He had very nasty wrist instability with a tear that can create significant wrist bone collapse and leads inevitably to arthritis.He was quite disabled when I first saw him.All he wanted to do was feed himself and do light activities,and the Anatomical front and back (ANAFAB) reconstruction was to be the solution.”
“Nick’s now playing tennis again.If you talk to anyone in the wrist specialist world they would be quite amazed.You just don’t get these results.”
What do you think? Can Nick make a successful comeback?
