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Nick Kyrgios says he will not take part in the Australian Open in January because of ongoing injury concerns. <\/span><\/p>\n The 28-year-old Australian missed all four majors in 2023 because of wrist, knee and foot injuries. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n He has played just one match on the ATP Tour this year – losing to China’s Wu Yibing in Stuttgart in June.<\/span><\/p>\n “I want to make sure my body is going to have the time it needs to come back,” Kyrgios, runner-up at Wimbledon in 2022, said on his OnlyFans page.<\/span><\/p>\n Australian Open boss Craig Tiley said Kyrgios would attend “in some form”, with Kyrgios saying he would “still be around, commentating matches”. <\/span><\/p>\n Kyrgios said last month “the stars would need to align” for him to be fit for the first major of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n The Australian Open takes place from 14-28 January in Melbourne.<\/span><\/p>\n “This is a very disappointing time for me, but I won’t be able to compete at the 2024 Australian Open,” Kyrgios said.<\/span><\/p>\n “Obviously, heartbreaking. I’ve had so many amazing memories there, and I just want to really get back to playing at the top of my game and doing it right, and I need a little more time.”<\/span><\/p>\n Kyrgios enjoyed his best run in the men’s singles at the Australian Open in 2015, when he reached the quarter-finals, and won the men’s doubles title with good friend Thanasi Kokkinakis in 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n He also reached the Wimbledon final that year, losing to Novak Djokovic, and reached the last eight at the US Open.<\/span><\/p>\n However, he struggled for fitness in 2023, first withdrawing from the Australian Open with a knee injury before undergoing surgery on the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n He then missed the French Open because of a foot injury and Wimbledon with a wrist ligament problem, which also forced him out of the US Open.<\/span><\/p>\n “The update is day-by-day with him,” Australian Open boss Tiley said. <\/span><\/p>\n “He’ll be best to assess that, we’re going to have Nick here in some form or another in January.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n