Kyrgios drops bombshell on Aussie homecoming

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Enigmatic superstar Nick Kyrgios has sensationally withdrawn from the United Cup conscionable 24 hours earlier tourney lift-off.

Kyrgios was a large drawcard for the caller mixed-gender tennis event, which volition beryllium played crossed Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth from Thursday.

He cited the request to retrieve from aggregate wounded niggles up of the Australian Open adjacent month.

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His squad told the Sydney Morning Herald the prima suffered an ankle wounded successful Dubai, and indispensable usage the adjacent fortnight to retrieve up of the Open.

Kyrgios, 27, had days earlier spruiked the United Cup and said however excited helium was to beryllium competing successful what would beryllium his archetypal Australian quality since winning the Australian Open doubles last with Thanasi Kokkinakis successful January.

"There's thing better, to play the Australian summertime is 1 of my favourite times of the year," Kyrgios said.

"Obviously being home, but being capable to play successful Sydney, successful beforehand of the location fans, my family, my friends, there's thing much that I love."

Kyrgios drew disapproval - including from Lleyton Hewitt and Alex de Minaur - past period for refusing to correspond Australia astatine the Davis Cup.

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In his existent combative benignant Kyrgios poked amusive successful an Instagram station arsenic helium flew to the Middle East to vie successful rich, abbreviated tournaments.

He aboriginal lambasted Australians for criticising him passim the years.

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"Maybe if Australia embraced maine a small spot more, I would play it and bring location the trophy," helium said earlier this month.

"It's not ever casual for maine to erase everything successful Australia that's said negatively astir maine oregon my family.

"You don't request that – truthful it's absorbing that they truly privation maine to play, but are ever criticising."

Kyrgios besides took to Instagram to suggest Ash Barty did not merit the Newcombe Medal.

It volition beryllium intriguing to spot the reception helium gets astatine Melbourne Park erstwhile helium steps retired for the January expansive slam.

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