"When your body lets you down, it's not a good feeling" - Kyrgios on Tokyo withdrawal

| by Zachary Wimer

Nick Kyrgios had to withdraw from his quarterfinal match at the 2022 Japan Open in Tokyo due to a knee injury.

The 27-year-old Australian won in three sets against Kamil Majchrzak on Thursday before partnering with Thanasi Kokkinakis to win in doubles as well. Nick Kyrgios had to forfeit his quarterfinal singles match against Taylor Fritz, indicating that playing singles and doubles may be a little too physically taxing for him.

Kyrgios withdraws from Tokyo quarterfinal match against Fritz, comes to greet fans
Kyrgios withdraws from Tokyo quarterfinal match against Fritz, comes to greet fans

Both players performed a very great show following the announcement that slightly perked up the audience despite disappointing Tokyo fans. Kyrgios entered the court to welcome the crowd, which is unusual but something the Australian has done a few times before. After the announcement, he went into the press room, where he said:

"It's obviously very disappointing," the Australian said. "It's one of my favourite tournaments. I've had great memories here... It's heartbreaking, but I'll be here next year. That's for sure."

"I've been playing amazing tennis all year and actually was dealing with a bit of a knee issue around the US Open time," Kyrgios explained. "I got back home and probably didn't take enough time off, to be honest. I went straight back into training."

"The Japanese fans are some of my favourite to play in front of," Kyrgios said. "It's been such an amazing week. Obviously playing four matches and winning all four, I've been feeling great. I definitely felt like I was a threat to win the tournament and go all the way in singles and doubles."

He later added: "When your body lets you down, it's not a good feeling. I know in this case it's probably overloading rather than not being fit enough. I think t's almost being too excited to get on the court and maybe training a little bit too much. So it's positive, but heartbreaking at the same time."

"It's my job, I need to make money" - Kyrgios on playing doubles
"It's my job, I need to make money" - Kyrgios on playing doubles

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