Nick Kyrgios has emerged from surgical procedure on the knee damage that dominated him out of the Australian Open in upbeat temper.
The Australian No.1’s post-op recuperation started with tuning into Melbourne Park to observe Alex de Minaur tackle Novak Djokovic.
After the Serbian nine-times Australian Open champion blew away his compatriot 6-2 6-1 6-2 Kyrgios tweeted “Watching Novak tonight makes me feel good about my tennis in general. how have I beaten this guy”, accompanied by two laughing-with-tears emoji’s.
Although Djokovic beat Kyrgios in final yr’s Wimbledon ultimate the Aussie has a greater head-to-head file in opposition to the 21-times grand slam champ, defeating him on each their earlier encounters, albeit each had been again in 2017.
The 27-year-old Canberran had gone underneath the knife earlier on Monday in his residence metropolis.
He had been dominated out of the Australian Open after an MRI scan on his knee revealed a cyst on account of a small lateral meniscus tear.
Coincidentally it was a apply match in opposition to Djokovic that confirmed to Kyrgios his knee was too badly affected to play within the event.
Before the operation he tweeted a photograph of himself prepared for the working theatre with the phrases ‘It’s time’ and an anxious emoji.
Afterwards he despatched considered one of himself on a hospital mattress with air tubes in his nostrils and making a center finger gesture, however with 4 inexperienced ticks seemingly indicating the op went nicely.
That was confirmed when he posted on Instagram: “Surgery complete. I’ll be doing everything I can do get back to my best. To the real ones checking in and sending the vibes.. I love you.”
