Tennis has become mundane without me - Kyrgios

Controversial Australian prima Nick Kyrgios believes his Grand Slam instrumentality has travel astatine the close clip due to the fact that tennis has go "a spot mundane".

The 29-year-old is acceptable to marque his instrumentality astatine the upcoming Australian Open pursuing a bid of injuries - including a wrist occupation which helium feared would extremity his career.

The erstwhile satellite fig 13 has not played astatine a large since the 2022 US Open.

"I deliberation we ticker athletics due to the fact that we privation personalities," said Kyrgios.

"Me being back, I deliberation it adds a spot of question marks to what is going to hap today. I emotion that.

"Every clip I measurement retired connected court, I don't cognize if I'm going to beryllium ace arguable successful a bully oregon atrocious way."

He added: "I deliberation it's bully to beryllium back. I deliberation it's important. I deliberation the athletics was getting a spot mundane."

Kyrgios, who is present unranked, has been drawn against rapid-rising British fig 3 Jacob Fearnley successful the Melbourne archetypal round.

The brace are owed to play connected Monday, though Kyrgios is carrying an abdominal wounded which helium says helium volition instrumentality "day by day".

"I don't deliberation anyone truly feels 100%," said Kyrgios, who made his comeback successful Brisbane past week.

"As agelong arsenic it's not thing similar my wrist again, I deliberation I tin negociate it."