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Nick Kyrgios’ potential has typically been betrayed by his on-court behaviour. (AP Picture)
As per reviews, Nick Kyrgios suffered an ankle damage throughout an exhibition match in Dubai final week
Nick Kyrgios surprised his teammates by pulling out of the United Cup Wednesday on the eve of the match, quickly after Rafael Nadal mentioned the Australian had “all of the weapons” to win a Grand Slam.
The temperamental star withdrew forward of the brand new mixed-teams occasion in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, depriving followers of a scheduled conflict between him and the Spanish nice.
As an alternative, Alex de Minaur will face Nadal in a round-robin singles match.
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Australia co-captain Sam Stosur mentioned they solely realized about Kyrgios’ withdrawal minutes earlier than a scheduled crew press convention.
“We actually simply discovered,” she mentioned. “We transfer ahead now and do our greatest on the day.”
The Sydney Morning Herald cited the Kyrgios camp as saying he suffered an ankle damage throughout an exhibition match in Dubai final week.
He practised in Sydney on Tuesday earlier than deciding towards competing within the United Cup, they added.
Kyrgios’ potential has typically been betrayed by his on-court behaviour, however he had a stellar season this yr, reaching his first Grand Slam closing at Wimbledon, shedding to Novak Djokovic.
He was additionally agonisingly overwhelmed in 5 units within the US Open quarter-finals by Russia’s Karen Khachanov.
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Talking earlier than Kyrgios pulled out of the United Cup, Nadal, who has 22 Grand Slam titles, mentioned the Australian might simply go all the way in which.
The Australian Open subsequent month might be his first alternative of the yr, a match the place the Spaniard is defending champion.
“I do know he doesn’t like so much to play Roland Garros, that’s the one match that appears like he doesn’t prefer to play that a lot,” mentioned Nadal in Sydney.
“The remainder of the tournaments, he performed closing in Wimbledon, in New York he was shut with the quarter-finals I feel, with a really optimistic probability.
“He can win in any match that he’s enjoying. He has all of the expertise, the weapons to win towards any participant. In fact he can.”
Kyrgios informed reporters earlier this week that he was “coaching nicely, having fun with it, mentally feeling good. That’s all that basically issues”.
The Australian Open will get below method at Melbourne Park on January 16.
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