Fresh injury thwarts Kyrgios' Wimbledon comeback

Nick Kyrgios has pulled retired of Wimbledon conscionable hours earlier archetypal circular enactment was scheduled to get underway astatine the All England Club.

Kyrgios has been connected the comeback way from country connected a genu wounded that forced him retired of the Australian Open successful January.

But it's a caller wrist wounded that has ruled the Aussie retired of Wimbledon, wherever helium mislaid to Novak Djokovic successful the last past year.

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Kyrgios made the announcement connected Instagram connected Monday greeting (AEST).

"I'm truly bittersweet to accidental that I person to retreat from Wimbledon this year," helium said.

"I tried my hardest to beryllium acceptable aft my country and to beryllium capable to measurement connected the Wimbledon courts again.

"During my comeback, I experienced symptom successful my wrist during the week of Mallorca.

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"As a precaution I had it scanned and it came backmost showing a torn ligament successful my wrist.

"I tried everything to beryllium capable to play and I americium disappointed to accidental that I conscionable didn't person capable clip to negociate it earlier Wimbledon.

"I'll beryllium back, and arsenic always, I admit the enactment from my fans."

Kyrgios was the 30th effect coming into Wimbledon and was acceptable to look Belgium's David Goffin connected Monday nighttime successful a archetypal circular match-up.

Wimbledon was to beryllium the archetypal Grand Slam quality this twelvemonth for Kyrgios, though that looks much apt to travel astatine the US Open aboriginal this year, assuming helium is fit.

The wrist wounded is the 3rd this twelvemonth for the Canberra native. He suffered a laceration to his ft trying to thwart an attempted robbery, which enactment him retired of Roland Garros.

Kyrgios has contested conscionable 1 tourney this year, falling successful the archetypal circular of the Stuttgart Open to China's Wu Yibing.

The withdrawal comes arsenic a astonishment aft the 28-year-old had been practicing successful the week starring up to Wimbledon without immoderate trouble.

- With Damien McCartney

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