Wimbledon: Kyrgios will do 'everything possible' to avoid hip surgery after retiring from first round

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  • In pain: Nick Kyrgios.

    Nick Kyrgios says he’ll do ‘everything possible’ to avoid surgery for a hip problem that forced him to retire from his Wimbledon first round against Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Monday.

    The Australian No20 seed, who is a former quarter-finalist at the All England Club and reached the fourth round last year, was advised by his doctor not to play at Wimbledon because of the hip injury that had been bothering him since the clay season.

    Kyrgios, 22, knew he would struggle on court against Herbert and admits having to retire was a difficult experience for him.

    “I spoke to the doctor before the tournament started. He was leaning towards me not even playing. It’s my favourite tournament. I do well here every year. So it’s tough for me to go out there and get beaten and pull out. It’s not the easiest thing for me to do,” said Kyrgios, who had to retire from the match after losing the first two sets 6-3, 6-4.

    “But yeah, I mean, I had it after French Open. I did the right things. I took 10 days off, got an injection, rehabbed, it was fine. I fell over at Queen’s. I can hardly do anything about it, you know.”

    Asked whether surgery was an option at this point.

    “Probably not at the moment. I got too much stuff going on,” said Kyrgios.

    Despite his physical problems, Kyrgios still thought he could get through some matches at Wimbledon. He explains he had poor preparation and had to keep his practices “controlled”.

    “I thought I could win. Obviously probably not against him, but some opponents if I played them today, I probably still could have won. Yeah, I mean, obviously I could feel it a lot. It was hindering my performance a lot,” he added.

    Kyrgios hopes to avoid surgery, and believes he had done well to get the injury under control after Roland Garros but his fall during his opening round in Queens aggravated the problem.

    “I don’t think anyone wants to go down the surgery route,” he said.

    “I would do everything possible to avoid it. But I don’t know. Yeah, I mean, obviously – I’m obviously a little bit scared, obviously. But I don’t think I need it at the moment…

    “Probably get an MRI tomorrow. Hopefully get an injection or something, do rehab, and get healthy, I guess. I can’t really do anything. You know, it’s just a bit unlucky what happened. I mean, yeah, there’s worse things in the world.”

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