{"id":415815,"date":"2026-06-10T11:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=415815"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:07:39","slug":"kyrgios-thrilled-to-be-back-after-first-singles-win-in-15-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/kyrgios-thrilled-to-be-back-after-first-singles-win-in-15-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgios &#8216;thrilled to be back&#8217; after first singles win in 15 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Australian downs Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-4 in Stuttgart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unranked Kyrgios winds back clock in straight-sets win<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick Kyrgios has kickstarted his latest comeback with a straight-sets win over world No 36 Corentin Moutet in the first round of the ATP event in Stuttgart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian, once ranked No 13 in the world, had not played a singles match since appearing at the Brisbane International in January, when he lost in 66 minutes to world No 58 Aleksandar Kovacevic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having missed the entire 2024 season, he has won just one singles match since October 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Wimbledon warm-up event in Germany on Tuesday, 31-year-old Kyrgios wound back the clock with powerful serves and a smattering of showmanship, with drop shots and tweeners helping to take down Frenchman Moutet 6-3, 6-4 in a match that lasted less than an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kygrios said post-match that he was delighted to be back on court after having doubted his continued participation in top-level tennis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI had a wrist reconstruction, I\u2019ve had four knee surgeries, so I\u2019m really battling, but at the same time I\u2019ve put in a lot of work, I\u2019m really feeling good about myself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHonestly, there were so many times I was thinking: \u2018Why am I playing? What more do I need to do?\u2019 And I look at you guys and this is why I\u2019m playing, so I\u2019ll hang around a little longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m pleased with the way I played today, I\u2019m pleased with the way I\u2019m feeling in my body, I\u2019ve been putting in a lot of work so I\u2019m just really happy to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A previous attempted comeback ended with mixed doubles defeat and the\u00a0quick exit of the \u201cSpecial Ks\u201d from the Australian Open, where he and partner Thanasi Kokkinakis went out in the first round to fellow Australians Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that defeat, Kyrgios said he would re-evaluate what his schedule looks like. \u201cI\u2019ve done everything I thought I could do. I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do [going forward].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His comments led to questions as to whether his time in the sport had come to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those questions were answered, for now at least, after Kyrgios made a winning return to the world circuit in the build-up to Wimbledon, where he reached the final in 2022. A good showing on the grass in Stuttgart could put him in the frame for a wildcard in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m so thrilled to be back, and playing some high-level tennis as well,\u201d he said. \u201cConfident? I don\u2019t know if that is a word I\u2019m feeling quite yet. Obviously, I will see how I feel tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He will next play Japan\u2019s Sho Shimabukuro, ranked 101, on Thursday, after a doubles match with partner Alexander Bublik on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Kyrgios has kickstarted his latest comeback with a straight-sets win over world No 36 Corentin Moutet in the first round of the ATP event in Stuttgart. The Australian, once ranked No 13 in the world, had not played a singles match since appearing at the Brisbane International in January, when he lost in 66 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415816,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415815\/revisions\/415816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}