{"id":7854,"date":"2023-11-16T02:55:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/nick-kyrgios-says-stars-will-have-to-align-for-comeback\/16\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T02:55:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:55:04","slug":"nick-kyrgios-says-stars-will-have-to-align-for-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/nick-kyrgios-says-stars-will-have-to-align-for-comeback\/16\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios says &#8216;stars will have to align&#8217; for comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nick Kyrgios<\/a> concedes &#8220;the stars have to align a little bit&#8221; for the him to make a successful comeback after more than a year out of professional tennis.<\/p>\n<p>While the 2022 Wimbledon finalist maintains he&#8217;s hungry for a return, Kyrgios is now unranked after being sidelined since September last year with knee and wrist issues.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time world No.13 required knee surgery in January and then aborted comeback plans at Wimbledon after tearing a ligament in his right wrist.<\/p>\n<p>He said last week it would be almost a month before he could remove a splint from his serving forearm and Thursday&#8217;s candid revelation of needing some luck will come as a major blow to his fans.<\/p>\n<p>Commentating on the ATP Finals in Italy, Kyrgios was remaining optimistic that he could emulate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexander Zverev<\/a>, the former world No.2 who is back in the top 10 after shattering an ankle at last year&#8217;s French Open.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1116%2Fr1253806_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1116%2Fr1253806_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1116%2Fr1253806_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1116%2Fr1253806_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Nick Kyrgios of Australia looks on during a practice session ahead of The Championships.\u00a0<cite>Patrick Smith\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;The stars have to align a little bit,&#8221; Kyrgios told the Tennis Channel. &#8220;And with Zverev, he&#8217;s an incredibly hard worker. That&#8217;s his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He ticks all the boxes and, if someone like that can come back from an injury like that, I think that&#8217;s what I have to draw inspiration from for sure.<\/p>\n<p>As well as reaching his maiden grand slam final at the All England Club, Kyrgios also advanced to the US Open quarter-finals for the first time last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old said his stellar 2022 season was the driving force behind his desire to make a successful return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After last year, I had such a great year and I&#8217;m so hungry to get back out there,&#8221; Kyrgios said. &#8220;So I&#8217;m doing everything I can to get back out there. Obviously, you know how injuries are every day, just doing the rehab, doing the gym work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But to be here and being able to watch the match we&#8217;re about to watch (between Zverev and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a>) makes me more hungry to get out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/38909254\/nick-kyrgios-says-stars-align-comeback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Kyrgios concedes &ldquo;the stars have to align a little bit&rdquo; for the him to make a successful comeback after more than<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/nick-kyrgios-says-stars-will-have-to-align-for-comeback\/16\/11\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[3000,1414,2999,631,676],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7856,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854\/revisions\/7856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}