Nick Kyrgios\u2019 return to singles on the ATP Tour didn\u2019t go according to plan as he lost against world No 58 Aleksandar Kovacevic at the Brisbane International and he made some interesting comments during his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n
After playing only five singles and four doubles matches in 2025 due to injury, Kyrgios<\/a> made his comeback in the doubles earlier this week as he teamed up with Thanasi Kokkinakis to beat Matthew Ebden and Rajeev Ram in the first round.<\/p>\n He made his long-awaited singles comeback \u2013 his previous match was at the Miami Open in March last year \u2013 against Kovacevic after receiving a wildcard, but lost 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n Q: Nick, I guess firstly, how did it feel just being back out there today? The crowd just seemed to love having you out there.<\/strong><\/p>\n NICK KYRGIOS:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, no, it was good. Yeah, look, the last month I have had has been very eventful and a lot of fun. Obviously the result wasn\u2019t how I wanted it to go today. It was nothing like \u2013 you know, I feel like the journey I have had with the Australian media and the Australian public hasn\u2019t always been amazing, but I feel like now towards this part of my career, every time I walk out there, it\u2019s always a lot of fun.<\/p>\n \u201cI definitely felt a lot of love out there, and especially when there\u2019s young kids chanting and enjoying their time out there, I feel as if I\u2019m giving them, you know, a good show, and hopefully one day if they love tennis they can be out in that arena playing.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, it\u2019s a lot of fun being out there, especially in Brissy, definitely one of my favorite places to play.\u201d<\/p>\n Q: So it didn\u2019t go your way today. Your eyes are still set on the AO as a possible wildcard?<\/p>\n NICK KYRGIOS:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, look, this is a stepping stone. I actually just spoke to Medvedev in the locker room, and he\u2019s like, look, you play one match every now and then, it\u2019s not going to be the way you want it all the time.<\/p>\n \u201cAs long as, you know, I feel good and I\u2019m going to be able to try and use it as a building block, that\u2019s my goal obviously, and not just AO but this year, for whatever this year holds, I do want to continue to play as much as I can, and we\u2019ll see, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n Q: Can you give us an insight into, I guess, the differences between you right now and 2022? When you don\u2019t play a lot of tennis, what\u2019s happening out there? What\u2019s stopping you being at your best?<\/strong><\/p>\n NICK KYRGIOS:<\/strong> \u201cI mean, I had a wrist reconstruction and two knee ops. I\u2019m never going to be \u2013 I think it\u2019s unfair. I use Thanasi as an example or myself as an example or Del Potro or Thiem or Nishikori, we look at some of these people that were at the top of their game competing for Grand Slams, and then you have parts of your body that just fail and can\u2019t take the load of being at that top level. You know, that\u2019s what happens.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, it\u2019s so hard for me to go out there, even on the practice courts sometimes, and realize that even the thought \u2013 there was a point in my life in 2022 or when I was, you know, winning like multiple titles in a year, there was an ultimate, there was actually, like, a delusion I generally thought I was the best player in the world. I think people confuse it, when you\u2019re at the top of the sport, I genuinely thought I was unbeatable. I\u2019d go out on court, and I thought no one can genuinely beat me.<\/p>\n \u201cYou actually have that confidence and delusion that you are that person. I just don\u2019t think that after you have these surgeries or I guess they kind of pull you down, and it\u2019s like you don\u2019t have that belief anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s sad, in a way, but that\u2019s just the reality. Like finals of Wimbledon, quarterfinals at US Open, I barely lost a match all year, and then you have I guess these surgeries that \u2013 I guess the people out there, they think that, you know, you just go under the knife and come back and it\u2019s just, you sit on the couch until he recovers and you throw him back out there and he\u2019s the same player. That\u2019s just not how it is. It\u2019s not reality. It\u2019s just sport.<\/p>\n \u201cSo you can\u2019t be too upset. That\u2019s why you have to really be grateful for moments like that doubles match the other night, and the fact that I got through this and I\u2019m ready to play doubles tomorrow, I\u2019m still extremely happy with myself and proud of myself.<\/p>\n \u201cAll credit, by the way, I think it\u2019s selfish for me to talk about just myself all the time. Credit to my opponent today. He played lights out. You can tell that he\u2019s new to the tour, locked in, excited, and he\u2019s a hell of a player.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, he\u2019s going to be one to watch, for sure. He\u2019s obviously had a breakthrough year last year and he\u2019s going to continue to have big wins. I want to give my credit to my opponent, as well. It\u2019s not like he played like shit or something.\u201d<\/p>\n Nick Kyrgios fires back after being called \u2018detestable\u2019 by former WTA star<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Aussie legend gives his verdict on Nick Kyrgios\u2019 comeback and insists there can be \u2018no excuses\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Q: You said before the tournament started you wanted to produce the full Kyrgios experience. Do you feel like you were able to do something like that today?<\/strong><\/p>\n NICK KYRGIOS:<\/strong> \u201cI mean, look, me and Thanasi probably gave the crowd more entertainment than they have had all tournament probably. I gave them half. I gave them the Special K experience, I guess, on a tennis court, that is.<\/p>\n \u201cBut yeah, like, obviously today it was a quick match, but he played, he\u2019s a world-class player, top 60 in the world. He served unbelievable, I thought. Apart from the first couple days where he missed a couple of first serves, he was lights out. Obviously I played a loose game in the first set.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst match of the year for him, and then I make a couple of loose errors, haven\u2019t played that much tennis, and the pressure off his shoulders comes off and he starts freeing up a bit, that\u2019s tennis. It\u2019s not like I got destroyed.<\/p>\n \u201cBut yeah, look, I think tomorrow night, you know, I think every time I play, the crowds are pretty packed. You know, I\u2019m doing the best I can out here, and I just want to go out there and try and give them a shot.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I\u2019m losing, and I see my little nephew in the crowd, I realize, I\u2019m trying to do the best I can. Whether or not I\u2019m giving them Grand Slam finals, probably not, but yeah. I\u2019m doing the best I can right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Q. You talk about doing the best that you can and talk about you want to give people a show, and you have been very realistic about your body and things like that and saying you can\u2019t ever really be what you used to be when you come back from all these injuries. What is it that\u2019s motivating you right now to kind of show up and keep things like money and all that kind of stuff, but a lot more to life than money, what is motivating you to show up and keep playing in these tournaments and try to go out there on court?<\/strong><\/p>\n NICK KYRGIOS:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, it\u2019s an interesting question. It\u2019s hard to go out there. There was a time where I won this tournament, and now, even just going out there, there is no shame in losing. I think people now, they\u2019re afraid to lose and afraid to go out there and not play their best. But that\u2019s not reality.<\/p>\n \u201cSo even me going out there and taking another loss on the chin, to someone that, to most tennis fans and people, to someone I shouldn\u2019t lose to, but I\u2019m not afraid to lose.<\/p>\n \u201cSo going out there today, it\u2019s not easy, because I know that maybe I don\u2019t feel 100%. Maybe I\u2019m incredibly the underdog, like this guy is coming off the hottest season of his career.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know. Yeah, like we say that money is not, I mean, not everything and it\u2019s not a motivation, but from where I started with in my life and my tennis career, it\u2019s a lot of my motivation. My parents were not wealthy growing up at all. It is a big motivation of mine to continue to be around and make as much money as possible. I don\u2019t think there is shame in saying that either.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think more, I had a great month. If I look at the month I have had, yeah, they weren\u2019t official tournaments, but to prove to myself that I was able to still go out there and light up crowds and give people a show and play and compete and win doubles matches, like me and Thanasi beat a great pair. Ebden and Ram are probably one of the best pairs in this event.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re still able to produce. Whether or not it\u2019s going to be on the biggest of biggest stages, I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s a question mark, and realistically, it\u2019s probably not going to happen. But yeah, I think I\u2019m still able to do something on a tennis court.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Just on your body, we saw you at one point grab at your right arm and give it a bit of a shake. You talked about your knee swelling in recent months. How has it pulled up and where\u2019s the arm at?<\/p>\n NICK KYRGIOS:<\/strong> \u201cMy body initially feels \u2013 I think people don\u2019t understand how physical tennis is, especially now. It\u2019s probably one of the faster events, but tennis is so slow. The balls are massive. Rallies are so long, it\u2019s hard to get free points. It\u2019s just a grind physically.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, like, and I haven\u2019t played a lot of matches so that makes it tough as well. The energy, the match energy is different. Yeah, man, it\u2019s tough.<\/p>\n \u201cBut yeah, this is a good building block. If I\u2019m going to be able to go again tomorrow and put a little session in before my doubles and then play another doubles match, who knows, if we win that, it\u2019s another match, and if I\u2019m able to string a couple together, who knows where I could be in 6 to 12 months\u2019 time? But again, recovery is first. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Arm\u2019s okay?<\/p>\n NICK KYRGIOS:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, yeah. Just serving again, getting the serving reps in. As I\u2019ve said, this month has been huge. I\u2019ve gone from Miami, Atlanta, New York, Australia, to India, to Australia, to Dubai, to Australia. Like I have also, and I know in this part of my career, I know why I\u2019m playing those exhibitions and I know why I\u2019m doing that, because cash is great.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving exposure at Madison Square Gardens is great. I\u2019m doing those things because that\u2019s what I want to do in my point of my career, where someone like my opponent today, he would have had a good two months in the same place getting ready for this event.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we\u2019re at different stages of our career, as well. But as of right now, I\u2019m exactly where I actually want to be. You know, obviously the result, can\u2019t win them all. Novak pulls out of Adelaide because he\u2019s not physically where he wants to be. Right now, I\u2019m okay taking the loss on my chin and moving forward and just building and getting out there and playing more. 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