Kyrgios injury hits Wimbledon hopes
THE shuddering fall which aggravated Nick Kyrgios’ fragile hip injury also wrecked hopes of a rankings gain and a prized top-16 seeding at Wimbledon.
Currently ranked No.20, Kyrgios is provisional 19th seeding for Wimbledon in the absence of injured David Goffin.
Aware a decent run at Queen’s Club this week would have catapulted him higher, Kyrgios now has to rely on higher-ranked players
SOCCER withdrawing to climb into the top 16 seeds. It now seems likely Kyrgios will have protection from one of the elite until only the third round, not the fourth stage.
Simply competing at the All England Club will be sufficient for the Canberran after is heavy fall and subsequent retirement from the AEGON Championships on Monday.
“My main goal is to play well at Wimbledon, so I’m going to try and get it better and rehab it and hopefully it settles down,” Kyrgios said
RUGBY UNION after bowing out when trailing Donald Young 7-6 (7-3). “I’m sure it will.” Pressed further on whether it was realistic to play Wimbledon, Kyrgios said: “Yeah, 100 percent.
“I mean, I’d play Wimbledon if I was injured pretty bad, anyway.
“I’m here, anyway. I don’t really have time to go home or anything. Yeah, I will be playing, for sure.”
The injury occurred in the ninth game of the first set, when Kyrgios slipped abruptly after attempting to
BASKETBALL plant his right foot and move to the backhand.
It initially appeared the world No.20 had twisted his right knee, which was taped as a precautionary measure after a practice fall.
But it soon became evident the hip condition which has dogged Kyrgios for seven months had flared – only two days after he thought an injection had eased the issue.
“It just was a sharp pain when I fell,” he said.
“I started feeling it when I was walking, when I was landing on my serve.
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“It’s exactly what I was feeling in Paris. I mean, it’s tough to play through.”
Kyrgios was treated on court by an ATP World Tour trainer before resuming.
He completed four more games, plus the tiebreak, but it was obvious he was in no condition to continue. And, after losing the tiebreak 7-3, Kyrgios walked to his chair, packed his bag and walked to Young’s side of the net to shake hands.
Kyrgios said he would have retired from the match even if he’d won the first set.