Nick Kyrgios told to stay away from Wimbledon forever after pulling out with new injury

A leading tennis analyst has slammed polarising Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios for his late withdrawal from Wimbledon and demanded that he never come back.

Kyrgios was a late scratching from SW19 after attempting to make a comeback from knee surgery that has ruled him out of tennis since before the Australian Open.

However, in a frustrating blow for the 2022 men’s singles finalist, he picked up a wrist injury that ultimately ruled him out of The Championships.

‘I’m really sad to say that I have to withdraw from Wimbledon this year,’ Kyrgios wrote to his followers on Instagram.

‘During my comeback, I experienced some pain in my wrist during Mallorca. As a precaution I had it scanned and it came back showing a torn ligament in my wrist.

‘I tried everything to be able to play and I am disappointed to say that I just didn’t have enough time to manage it before Wimbledon.

‘I’ll be back and as always, I appreciate the support from all my fans.’

It has been a tough year for Kyrgios, missing the Australian and French Opens, the grass court lead-in tournaments and struggling with injuries

While Kyrgios had been working to recover from knee surgery, it was a problem with a ligament in his wrist that ultimately ruled him out of Wimbledon

However, Chris Goldsmith – The Tennis Talker, an influential analyst of the sport with a huge following on social media, was quick to take Kyrgios to task for his late withdrawal, saying it wasn’t the first time. 

‘Nick Kyrgios. Pulls out of Wimbledon at last minute. Pulls out of Mallorca 1 week ago. Pulls out of Halle 2 weeks ago. Struggles in Stuttgart. Not played since Tokyo 2022,’ he tweeted.

‘Anyone shocked? Not really. Said earlier tennis is a job and not fussed about coming back.’

Goldsmith then doubled down with another, even more harsh tweet, telling Kyrgios to stay away from Wimbledon in the future.

‘Those that say Nick Kyrgios is good for tennis are wrong. No integrity whatsoever. Pulls out of singles and doubles a few hours before tournament,’ he wrote.

‘Another ALT [lucky loser] into Qualifying missed a place, all because he likes to mess about. Don’t come back to SW19.’

Goldsmith was not finished there. He lashed organisers for downgrading Kyrgios’ opponent David Goffin from Court 1 to Court 2 and slammed BBC commentators for discussing the Kyrgios withdrawal during coverage.

‘3 minutes into the Wimbledon 2023 coverage and we are debating Nick Kyrgios AGAIN,’ Goldsmith tweeted.

‘He is not even playing yet we have 256 other singles players + doubles + wheelchair + junior tennis to talk about instead.’

While Kyrgios had not responded at the time of publication, plenty of tennis fans turned on Goldsmith for his take.

Kyrgios stormed to the Wimbledon final in 2022 where he was beaten but not disgraced by champion Novak Djokovic (pictured)

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A dejected Andy Murray addresses media two days before the 2017 US Open, when he was forced into a late withdrawal because of ongoing hip issues

They pointed out that popular, leading tennis players like British hope Andy Murray and World No.1 Iga Świątek had recently done the same thing at different tournaments.

‘Put yourself in his shoes. If you had a fractured wrist and had to play tennis (which by the way if you didn’t know involves using your wrist), what would you do?’ asked one follower.

‘If he plays it could become severe so he has made the right call no matter what anybody thinks about him.’

‘You can argue about his professionality, but he’s spent the last like 9 months trying to get fit for Wimbledon and at the last minute injuries prevented him from being able to play,’ posted another.

‘It’s not his fault and it’s not like he just randomly decided day before the tournament he didn’t.’

‘You really don’t like him do you? I’m sure @NickKyrgios did everything he could to be there and waited as long as possible with withdrawing as anyone in his shoes would do. Hopefully he’ll be back next year,’ added another.