{"id":381984,"date":"2024-04-05T02:24:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T02:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=381984"},"modified":"2024-04-05T04:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T04:03:18","slug":"fire-in-the-belly-kyrgios-hints-at-imminent-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=381984","title":{"rendered":"'Fire in the belly': Kyrgios hints at imminent return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leigh Rogers is a journalist for Tennis Australia, which has contributed this piece<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nick Kyrgios<\/a> is determined to resume his professional playing career.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with The AO Show podcast<\/em>, the 28-year-old Australian revealed he hopes to be back on tour soon.<\/p>\n

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"Just hang tight," he said when asked if he had a message for his fans.<\/p>\n

"I'll be back on court soon and I'll give you a little bit more to cheer about, that's for sure."<\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

The former world No.13 has endured a challenging period, with knee and wrist surgeries restricting him<\/a> to just a single match on the ATP Tour<\/a> since October 2022.<\/p>\n

"It's arguably been one of the hardest years of my life tennis wise," Kyrgios acknowledged.<\/p>\n

"Everything else has been amazing, I can't complain about anything else. But tennis wise, I've had some really hard conversations with myself."<\/p>\n

Yet through his dedication to rehabilitating his injuries, Kyrgios has proven to himself as still has unfinished business on court.<\/p>\n

"Like why am I doing all this? Like I don't have to do it, but I'm doing it for some reason," Kyrgios said of his strict rehab routines. "So I know there's still fire in the belly, which is good.<\/p>\n

"I'm hitting for the first time next week, so as soon as I get back out on court, I guess it's just going to be starting up, getting that load back through my wrist and my body.<\/p>\n

"But look, I definitely will be coming back. It's just hard to put an exact date on it because the injury was quite severe."<\/p>\n

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Kyrgios revealed he is motivated to enjoy the process as much as possible.<\/p>\n

"I'm getting to the point of my career where I know that I've had a lot of success and many athletes don't even have a quarter the success of that, so it's selfish for me to come back and demand to be making Wimbledon finals again," he said.<\/p>\n

"I'm going to take my time, come back and just enjoy being back out there."<\/p>\n

During the candid interview, the former world No.1 junior also reveals why he has no regrets.<\/p>\n

"I've gone through so many life lessons and I've made so many bad decisions," he admitted.<\/p>\n

"(But) I've learned from those moments and now I feel extremely confident in my own skin. I don't compare myself to others and I'm just trying to be better every day."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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