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Nick Kyrgios Expected to Make Tennis Return at Brisbane Tournament in December

The Australian tennis star missed this season and most of last year while battling injuries.

Madison Williams

Nick Kyrgios warms up before a tournament.
Nick Kyrgios warms up before a tournament. / Mike Frey-Imagn Images

Nick Kyrgios is expected to make his long awaited return to tennis at December's Brisbane International tournament in his home country of Australia.

Kyrgios didn't play at all during 2024 and only played one match in 2023, which sparked some rumors about whether the 29-year-old was thinking about retiring from the sport. He began working in the broadcast booth this year, too, covering major events for ESPN and the Tennis Channel. But, it sounds like Kyrgios wasn't ready to hang up his racket for good.

The Brisbane International tournament begins on Dec. 29 and is considered one of the lead-ups to the Australian Open, which Kyrgios hopes to compete in. He's dealt with ongoing wrist and knee injuries since his spectacular 2022 U.S. Open run to the final, where he lost to Novak Djokovic.

Kyrgios is often coined the "bad boy" of tennis as he's racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines over his career varying from instances of verbal abuse and unsportsmanlike conduct. He doesn't hold back his thoughts when he's on the court, that's for sure.

The Australian has won seven ATP titles in his career, with his last one being at the 2022 Citi DC Open.

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MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.

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