Nick Kyrgios sensationally withdraws from the Australian Open with a knee injury just a day before his first-round match
- Shocking news comes after Aussie star was originally struggling with bad ankle
- Star has a tear in his lateral meniscus and a cyst on the joint, an MRI revealed
Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the Australian Open with a knee injury just a day before he was due to play his first round match against Roman Safiullin.
The 27-year-old was Australia’s best chance of taking out a title at the grand slam and was originally battling an ankle injury that prevented him from competing in any of the warm-up tournaments before play started at Melbourne Park.
A routine MRI that was done after Kyrgios suffered discomfort in the joint revealed that he has a tear in his lateral meniscus and a cyst, his physiotherapist Will Maher revealed.
The great Aussie hope said he is devastated to have to pull out of his home grand slam
The injury isn’t serious enough to be career-threatening.
The star said he was devastated to have to withdraw from his home grand slam, where many rated him a chance of going one better than he did at Wimbledon, where he lost the final to Novak Djokovic last year.
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