Nick Kyrgios, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Australian Open
Injury-riddled Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios were forced to retire early in their men's doubles reunion at Melbourne Park after a set and a half.
Nick Kyrgios has fuelled further discussion about the future of his tennis career as he said that he was "weighing up his options".
Kokkinakis has been struggling with a pectoral injury for some time, and was forced to withdraw from the Adelaide International last week. He managed to win his first-round singles match at the Australian Open, before suffering a heartbreaking five-set loss in the second round.
Nick Kyrgios raged at an Australian Open umpire after his doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis was given a code violation for hitting the ball out of play. Kokkinakis was pulled up in the first set against Aleksandar Vukic and James Duckworth for launching the ball into the stands in frustration, before he and Kyrgios later retired.
Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis, dubbed the Special Ks, have pulled the pin on their doubles campaign and walked off the court.
The apologetic Aussie was plainly ‘shattered’ to tell his great mate Nick Kyrgios it was all over. Thanasi Kokkinakis’ dream of repeating his stunning Australian Open doubles success with Nick Kyrgios has been dashed by his debilitating pectoral muscle injury.
The 29-year-old’s Australian Open return was short-lived — and he warned it could be his last singles match in his homeland.
Thanasi Kokkinakis says a doctor advised him not to play before he and Nick Kyrgios retired injured in the men doubles first round at the Australian Open.
The Australian, out in the men's singles and men's doubles of the Australian Open 2025, has cast doubt on his comeback in Melbourne and his future as a men's singles player, after the end of this seas
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In a challenging start to the Australian Open doubles tournament, Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis have been forced to retire from their first-round match due to injury concerns. Kokkinakis' pectoral injury was pivotal in the decision,