Nick Kyrgios has hinted that an early retirement may be on the horizon, claiming he will “probably not” play past the age of 30.
The Australian, 27, dropped the bombshell in a question-and-answer session on Instagram. Ad Kyrgios took to the social media platform to allow his 3.3 million followers to ask him questions, writing: “Make it interesting, entertain me & I’ll entertain back” — to which one fan asked if the Australian sees himself playing past his 30th birthday Tennis'He was playing dirty tennis' – Tsitsipas’ mother criticises Kyrgios after feud with her sonYESTERDAY AT 13:08 “Honestly, probably not,” Kyrgios replied. “I wanna be able to not be bothered, probs gonna go to my house in the Bahamas and just sit and do nothing.” It is not the first time Kyrgios has thrown his future in tennis into doubt.
In fact, just last month, he made vague comments about the end of his journey in tennis during the US Open which led to intense speculation about his future. «It's the last biggest tournament of the year,» he said at the time. «We've got to try and just tough it out and keep pushing each other, keep being positive.
Next week we're going home. But three more matches potentially, then we never have to play tennis again.» Iga Swiatek dominates Coco Gauff to progress to semi-finals of San Diego Open Andy Murray suffers defeat in the Gijon Open quarter-finals Following those comments, John McEnroe warned that Kyrgios could take a leaf out of fellow Australian Ash Barty’s book and call time on his career prematurely.