I would imagine she would indeed be granted a wild card to any tournament at this stage
but I think that window of opportunity will only last so long. She will need to get fit again
and get competitive to climb the rankings to where her level should be, for certain top 20.
Yea she has had some fairly what I imagine are painful and annoying surgeries on wrists
and ankles but isnt the first so with the right team she should be recovered now and building.
Yeah, I hope she will find a good coach eventually.
Some news on Nick Kyrgios. Unfortunately the Aussie is to miss the AO this year. He said he feels exhausted, in pain and would like to finish his career:
"I'm tired. I have had three surgeries now. I'm only 28 years old, I always wanted to have a family and not be in pain. When I get up, I can't walk without pain. It's a tough gig," he said.
He also shared that he actually considered a suicide back in 2019. Such a pity this guy is so talented he could easily be TOP10 ATP.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/67700860Oh definitely he had the potential to be a top 10 player and possibly even a grand slam winner.
As we talked here before about Nick that he has been too volatile and his emotions were
not under control, he was entertaining both talent wise and court personality wise.
Injuries are a massive drawback in an individual sport, we have seen it recently with Rafa,
Raducanu and Nick. These top athletes play on the edge of being at the top of their abilities
and having an injury.
Rafa at least had a spectacular career despite his injuries. Mostly thanks to his indestructible will, drive and passion.
Speaking about injuries, Bianca Andreescu has already announced she is missing AO this year. She is still being troubled by injuries (ankles?). Another player to possibly skip AO is Milos Raonic. The Canadian has already cancelled his participation in all tournaments before AO (Australia & NZ).
Ah Milos, thats sad to hear, he only made his comeback this year 2023. I liked Milos, he
was a cool customer and did very well around 2016/2017 and was a top 10 player back then.
Cant believe he is actually 32 so yea his playing days are numbered if he hasnt decided to
retire altogether.
Yeah, Kyrgios is a weird one. I won't miss him, was never a fan of his theatrics.
A really good player when everything is going his way, but definitely not super talented like the media wanted us to believe.
In this lousy period of tennis, I think he never actually breached into top 10 overall.
It's his behavior that brought him most of his fame, his tennis was below par most of the time.
He was touted as having a lot of potential but yea you are right, maybe he actually
didnt and masked that with his behavior on court, it was like he was creating a distraction
particularly when things were unraveling for him - very annoying to watch from
memory actually
