Kyrgios Not Ready For Retirement Yet, There Are Still Some People To Shut Up

The sport of tennis is constantly evolving and there will be those fans out there who feel the golden age has now come to an end with the retirements of Andy Murray and Roger Federer. Rafael Nadal, of course, has just announced that he will also be hanging up his racket shortly and that leaves Novak Djokovic as the last man standing.

Of course, we have new talents like Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz coming through and impressing, and it would be remiss not to say plenty would disagree with that golden age suggestion and would instantly shout out the likes of Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and many more who deserve to be namechecked from the men's game.

One player who has always seemed to have everything talent wise, but was always McEnroe adjacent to his detriment, was the Australian conundrum that is Nick Kyrgios and he was always a favourite on online sports betting sites as you genuinely did not know what to expect from him when he entered the court.

The former world number 13 is now arguably coming to what should be the peak of his career, but fans of his will be wondering if he is also coming to the end of his career as he has been seriously blighted by injuries in the last few years. A mix of knee, wrist and foot problems mean that he has only played one ATP Tour singles match in the last 24 months, and whether it was simply frustration or not, the Aussie has hinted at a potential retirement of his own a number of times during that period.

However, the 29 year old is not quite ready to throw in the towel yet, and in a recent interview with News Corp's Code Sports Podcast, he confirmed that he had plans to make his return at the upcoming December World Tennis League event hosted by Abu Dhabi, and then if all goes well, it will be time for January's Australian Open.

Kyrgios admitted himself in the interview that he has been successful in the game, few have beaten him when he was at his best, he has multiple titles and has made plenty of money but 'something' is keeping him involved and stopping him from pulling the plug.

That something seems to be a regret that he has never lifted a Grand Slam of his own to match the potential that people have long seen in him. But in typical Kyrgios fashion whilst he calls that his next target, he naturally describes it as 'the only thing that will shut people up at the end of the day.' And shutting people up who doubt him remains a 'deep motivation.

' Whilst he still denies he is the 'bad boy' of tennis, he acknowledges his reputation and feels that people look at him slightly differently now, however, he does admit his behaviour earlier in his career had people thinking he was a 'murderer' - for some of us though, that was exactly what attracted us to him as there was rarely a dull moment amongst some very good tennis.