Nick Kyrgios is growing increasing confident that his body will be raring to go for his grand slam return, declaring that his low-level abdominal strain is nothing like the significant injuries that have kept him off the circuit for the best part of two years.
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“I still have three days before the tournament starts for me. I’m just taking it day by day. Just enjoying all the moments again, being a part of the tournament, going through the hallways, locker room, seeing everyone again,” Kyrgios said on Friday.
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“I think it’s just part of the game – niggles. I don’t think anyone really feels 100 per cent. Look, as long as it’s not something like my wrist again, I think I can manage it.“
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Kyrgios, who last played a grand slam event at the 2022 US Open, explained how he didn’t feel he’d necessarily been away from the sport given the amount of time he’d spent on rehabilitation after surgery and then preparing himself physically.
“After Brisbane, it was really encouraging. My body was struggling a little bit. I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to try to build on that’. Then obviously [I] had a little bit more of a setback.
“I feel like I haven’t been away from the game. Competitively I have been, but I don’t feel like that… I feel like I’ve been playing more tennis more than ever.”
