Nick Kyrgios withdraws from Indian Wells tournament in tears as injury strikes again

Nick Kyrgios’ tennis career is in jeopardy again after he retired from his first-round match at Indian Wells because of soreness in his surgically repaired right wrist.

The Australian star, who was playing only his fourth singles match since October 2022 because of wrist, knee and abdominal injuries, was visibly emotional after calling it quits while trailing Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (9-7), 3-0.

“We go back to the drawing board as a team and we try and figure out a way to get through these matches,” Kyrgios later told reporters.

“I would have loved to be able to finish that match, even if I lose just as a building block to say, ‘OK, I went out there and was competing with a very good player, and I had chances and set points and break points’.

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