Nick Kyrgios withdraws from Monte Carlo, extending his break from tennis

The season's second Masters 1000 event takes place next week in Monte Carlo, with the world's best players stepping on the slowest surface for the first time in 2021.

Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem, Stan Wawrinka, Borna Coric, John Isner, Kei Nishikori and Reilly Opelka will not compete in Monte Carlo, alongside Nick Kyrgios, who is still not ready to compete in Europe.

That barely came as news, as Nick hasn't competed in Europe since the start of the pandemic at the beginning of the previous season. The Aussie hasn't traveled outside his country after returning home from Acapulco in February last year, skipping the rest of the season and not thinking about tennis at all.

Kyrgios returned at two events in Melbourne this February, playing well at the Australian Open but losing to Dominic Thiem from two sets to love lead. Nick's last match on clay came in Rome 2019 when he got defaulted against Casper Ruud in the second round following all kinds of tantrums from his repertoire.