Nick Kyrgios set for ranking plummet after Washington withdrawal

The current champion, Nick Kyrgios, will not be present at the Citi Open, and he will experience a significant drop in the rankings.

In 2023, Kyrgios has only played one match on the ATP tour, but he has remained high in the rankings due to the large number of points he accumulated last year during the grass court season.

Despite Wimbledon not awarding points in 2022, the momentum from being a finalist carried over to the Citi Open, where Kyrgios clinched the title by defeating Yoshito Nishioka in the final.

The Australian provided an update on his physical condition and announced his withdrawal from the tournament due to his ongoing wrist injury, which is yet to fully recover. As a result, there are still uncertainties regarding Kyrgios' return to competitive tournaments.

"Unfortunately my body is not ready to compete yet. My wrist is still not anywhere near to pain-free. Keep you all updated," Kyrgios said about his injury.

Currently, the 28-year-old athlete is ranked as the world No. 35, despite having only one defeat in 2023, which occurred in the first round of the Stuttgart Open against Chinese player Wu Yibing.

Kyrgios' absence from the Citi Open will cost him 500 points, bringing his total points down to 675, and he will likely fall out of the top 85 in the rankings.

In the following week he defends 180 points from reaching the quarterfinals in 2022 Canadian Open, where he was defeated by Hubert Hurckacz. If he is unable to participate and fails to defend those points, Kyrgios will drop to 495 points, placing him outside the top 120.

His return was originally scheduled for the Ultimate Tennis Showdown last week, but he failed to recover in time and decided not to compete. Nevertheless, he did participate in the exhibition as a coach for his friend Frances Tiafoe.

The Citi Open has already experienced other significant absences, with Canadian player Denis Shapovalov withdrawing due to injury, and world No. 3 Danil Medvedev also pulling out of the American tournament for undisclosed reasons.