Nick Kyrgios announced on Monday that he plans to return to the courts in Abu Dhabi in December, with the goal of winning a Grand Slam and “shutting up” his doubters.
The former world number 13 He played only one singles match on the ATP circuit in two yearsafter suffering knee, foot and wrist injuries.
The 29-year-old has hinted at retirement on several occasions, but on Monday he told News Corp’s Code Sports that he will return for the World Tennis League exhibition tournament in December, before trying his luck at the Australian Open in January.
“I came back because there was something that kept me in the game“said the man who earned a controversial reputation for his mid-match tantrums and outbursts early in his career.
“I think I was labeled that way because I was a little bit outside the circle of what a normal tennis player is,” he admitted.
“I beat almost everything they put in front of me, I reached the Grand Slam final, I won the Grand Slam doubles title, I won many titles and I made money,” Kyrgios recalled.
“But I think the only thing I want now is the Grand Slam. I think this is the only thing that will finally shut people up” added the Canberra native.
“That will be my deep motivation,” he said.
Kyrgios, who worked as a commentator in his absence, reached his only Grand Slam singles final at Wimbledon in 2022, losing in four sets to Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Source: La Verdad
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