Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of the United Cup on the eleventh hour, leaving his Australian teammates in disbelief.
On the eve of the occasion Kyrgios’ withdrawal was introduced along with his fellow Aussies solely discovering out moments previous to a media convention.
Kyrgios was attributable to entrance the press convention at Sydney Olympic Park, however these gathered have been knowledgeable of his withdrawal the day earlier than the occasion was set to get underway.
Kyrgios was attributable to tackle Cameron Norrie within the first recreation for the Australian’s in Group D on Thursday night. He cited a number of accidents as the explanation behind his withdrawal.
Krygios reportedly suffered an damage in Dubai and received’t play till the Australian Open will get underway.
Australian gamers entered the press convention with Sam Stosur stating the gamers discovered simply earlier than sitting down.
“We literally just found out 10 minutes ago,” Australian captain Stosur mentioned.
Stosur mentioned she had not spoken to Kyrgios since listening to the news of his withdrawal, nor would she touch upon what it will imply for his Australian Open preparations.
Australian staff members weren’t made conscious of the explanations behind Kyrgios’ withdrawal, simply that he wouldn’t be lining up.
United Cup organisers posted an announcement on social media concerning the news: “Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the United Cup due to injury. Alex de Minaur will move into the No.1 men’s position for Team Australia, and subsequently Jason Kubler moves into the No.2 spot.”
The Australian staff is now de Minaur, Kubler, John Peers, Ajla Tomljanovic, Zoe Hives, Maddison Inglis and Sam Stosur.
Despite dropping their primary participant, Stosur remained assured the Aussies may reign supreme on the occasion.
“We have got amazing players on this team,” Stosur mentioned. “Alex (de Minaur) is one of the best players in the world, Koobs (Kubler) has had an incredible year this year as well qualifying for a couple of slams so as far as the men’s team goes, we are in very capable hands still so I am not concerned that our chances are just diminished greatly or anything like that. We are out here to do everything we can possible to try and win this competition. It is not going to be easy, there are many great players here but we are ready to go and we are going to give it everything we’ve got.”
De Minaur wasn’t impressed when requested for his tackle Kyrgios’ withdrawal, biting again at questions within the hope the main focus could be on the staff taking the court docket.
“You know I think it would be great if we just talk about this great team, we are all here, we are all happy to be here, we are about to play an exciting new event, something new for all of us, The United Cup,” he mentioned.
“Let’s talk about that, it is exciting. Everyone here is excited to play so we are just going to have fun, it is a great team around us and we are just happy to be here.”
The Australian Open is because of get underway on January 16.
